On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:08 AM, <casper....@sun.com> wrote: > >>On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 12:34:15PM +0100, casper....@sun.com wrote: >>> >>> >Thanks for that explanation of why there is no failsafe boot option for >>> >OpenSolaris. I had wond > ere >>> d about that, since I'd seen it in Solaris Nevada/Express. >>> > >>> >> Ok, except that the CD boot is much slower. >>> > >>> >Why is that a problem? Why should one worry about the boot time for a >>> >rescue procedure? Most users of OpenSolaris are unlikely to ever need to >>> >employ such a procedure. >>> >>> Really? The boot-archive isn't always updated when it is needed and I had >>> this happen often until I "nulled" the boot-archive script. >> >>Can you explain a bit more about what you mean by "nulled" the >>boot-archive script? > > In some systems I removed the script and changed it to "exit 0" but mostly > I change the startup script to :true in the SMF configuration. > > I've been bitten several times, years ago, and since then I always "null" > the boot-archive start script. > > Casper
Yes. The entire boot-archive script converts a (usually) non-fatal situation into its counterpart. If its designer feel it is necessary, then thy should change it into a soft ¨Dear user ... BTW, FYI ...¨ warning. But a bug fix was mentioned earlier in this thread. I didn´t open it yet. Maybe it sufficiently deals with everything. I must look ... %mab _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
