[OpenIndiana-discuss] Latest OI/Illumnos build
For someone wanting to install OI, what is recommended for new installs in the way of live cd or install media etc? Is it a time one might switch to hipster. I know nothing about hipster? Only to have seen it mentioned as newish. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Latest OI/Illumnos build
In regard to: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Latest OI/Illumnos build, Harry Putnam...: For someone wanting to install OI, what is recommended for new installs in the way of live cd or install media etc? I think the oi151a8 live USB image is still the latest. After you've installed oi151a8, you can update to oi151a9, which is currently the latest available release, though last I checked there was no direct install ISO available. Hence the need to install 151a8 then update. I seem to recall there's some discrepancy between the documentation for creating the 151a8 live USB vs. what you actually need to do vis-à-vis the size of the header, but that vague memory may be incorrect. If you look at the mailing list archives going back to mid-January, you should find a thread about 151a9. A number of people have indicated that they had more problems with 151a9 than on 151a8, but that is contrary to my experience. I've been very please with 151a9. Is it a time one might switch to hipster. I know nothing about hipster? Only to have seen it mentioned as newish. hipster is a proving ground for updates that may eventually make it into OI. Unless you really like tinkering and being on the bleeding edge, my recommendation would be to stick to stock OI, possibly with some of the additional SFE repos. Tim -- Tim Mooney tim.moo...@ndsu.edu Enterprise Computing Infrastructure 701-231-1076 (Voice) Room 242-J6, Quentin Burdick Building 701-231-8541 (Fax) North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5164___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Latest OI/Illumnos build
Harry, For using openindiana as a desktop machine, use the link at ... http://openindiana.org/download/#live ... which is the live DVD. (or live USB, for that matter) This link is version 151a8. You will then want to update it immediately to 151a9 using the packagemanager gui or # pkg update in the command line. The only branch to use for production is the dev branch. Do not use hipster as your first and only OI installation. Only work with hipster on an experimental installation and after you read the risks at ... http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Hipster Cheers ---O--- Stephen Stanford Jones Chemistry Department, The Citadel sjon...@citadel.edu From: Harry Putnam [rea...@newsguy.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 16:26 To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Latest OI/Illumnos build For someone wanting to install OI, what is recommended for new installs in the way of live cd or install media etc? Is it a time one might switch to hipster. I know nothing about hipster? Only to have seen it mentioned as newish. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Latest OI/Illumnos build
Tim Mooney tim.moo...@ndsu.edu writes: [...] I think the oi151a8 live USB image is still the latest. After you've installed oi151a8, you can update to oi151a9, which is currently the latest available release, though last I checked there was no direct install ISO available. [...] If you look at the mailing list archives going back to mid-January, you should find a thread about 151a9. Thanks for that pointer... sounds like a good place to do some research. [...] Is it a time one might switch to hipster. I know nothing about hipster? Only to have seen it mentioned as newish. hipster is a proving ground for updates that may eventually make it into OI. Point taken and thanks ---- ---=--- - Stephen S. Jones sjon...@citadel.edu writes: [...] The only branch to use for production is the dev branch. Do not use hipster as your first and only OI installation. Many thanks to you both for help filled replies. Downloading the *.iso now The point you both made about hipster has been well taken here. I expect to have enough trouble learning to run (well) the main release. Not that it is in itself problematic to run, I mean I fully expect quite a lot in terms of pilot error ... ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
