[install-discuss] lucreate

2008-05-12 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
On Mon, 12 May 2008 14:39:31 -0700 mary ding wrote: > Dick: > > You should install the s10u5 packages back. Also need to install the > following p7zip and cpio patch and try again: I already did. I read somewhere about support for only three versions back. The 7zip was installed already. > C

[install-discuss] gui-install - more that one Solaris partition.

2008-05-12 Thread jan damborsky
Hi Lukasz, there are couple of issues tracked which currently prevent Solaris from being successfully installed when there is Linux swap primary partition defined along with Solaris one on the same disk. Please see release notes for details and possible workarounds: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/

[install-discuss] lucreate

2008-05-12 Thread mary ding
Dick: You should install the s10u5 packages back. Also need to install the following p7zip and cpio patch and try again: For Solaris 10 5/08, the compression of the install images is now unzipped with the 7zip utility. In order for live upgrade to work with Solaris 10 5/08, the f ollowing pa

[install-discuss] lucreate

2008-05-12 Thread mary ding
Jean and Dick: It is possible to live upgrade from s10u3 to s10u5 with non-global zones. YOu need to install the list of patches documentated in infodoc 206844. In addition, you also need the following patches for p7zip and cpio as well: For Solaris 10 5/08, the compression of the install im

[install-discuss] Can this LU trick work?

2008-05-12 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
On Mon, 12 May 2008 11:53:37 +0200 Gerard Henry wrote: > Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > > What if I do a Live Upgrade of my S10u3 to S10u5 *without* the > > zones. (I just temporarely remove the /etc/zones/). I think > > this upgrade should work then. > i think the problem is rather related to zones on

[install-discuss] Can this LU trick work?

2008-05-12 Thread Gerard Henry
Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > Upgrading my S10u3 to S10u5 does not work at the moment. I don't get > an upgrade option. I have asked more information on the conditions on > install-discuss at opensolaris. > > However, I'm just thinking, maybe solaris Live Upgrade can be fooled? > > What if I do a Live U

[install-discuss] Can this LU trick work?

2008-05-12 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
Upgrading my S10u3 to S10u5 does not work at the moment. I don't get an upgrade option. I have asked more information on the conditions on install-discuss at opensolaris. However, I'm just thinking, maybe solaris Live Upgrade can be fooled? What if I do a Live Upgrade of my S10u3 to S10u5 *withou

[install-discuss] conditions where the upgrade option is not offered

2008-05-12 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
This is about upgrading S10u3 to S10u5. Does anybody know the conditions where the *upgrade* option is not offered by the install DVD? Checked diskspace. It's a normal layout. $ df -h Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on /dev/dsk/c0d0s0 39G11G28G29%

[install-discuss] Separate Post on why the install has issues.

2008-05-12 Thread Mark Scheck
Ok I downloaded from Blastwave and I've had no problems installing on the laptop. Totally weird problem. This message posted from opensolaris.org

[install-discuss] gui-install - more that one Solaris partition.

2008-05-12 Thread Sarah Jelinek
Hi Lucas, > Hello, > > I just back from JavaOne where I got OpenSolaris 2008.05 LiveCd ;) > During my trip I tried to install it on my laptop. > > I had 10GB partition for playing with OpenSolaris, so I switch its type to > LinuxSwap/Solaris and tried to install. Unfortunately installation was br

[install-discuss] Separate Post on why the install has issues.

2008-05-12 Thread Eric J. Ray
What exactly do you consider screwed up? I've probably done 50 installs of various incarnations of OpenSolaris 2008.05 and the preceding release candidates. Very few failed, and of those that did, they were issues with the release candidates that were addressed before release. Perhaps you might f

[install-discuss] conditions where the upgrade option is not offered

2008-05-12 Thread Mike Gerdts
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 4:21 AM, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > Does anybody know the conditions where the *upgrade* option is not > offered by the install DVD? Did it leave a log file in /var/tmp? Does "find /var/sadm -mtime -5" show any interesting log files? > I'm a bit frustrated because I don't

[install-discuss] Separate Post on why the install has issues.

2008-05-12 Thread Mark Scheck
Please see my post directly under this one. I used 2 different sets of media and actually had the live cd boot fine off a Dell Precision T3400. The problem on the laptop had to do with the crypto-subsystem dying and then it hangs. My previous post has all the error messages. I currently run SXD

[install-discuss] gui-install - more that one Solaris partition.

2008-05-12 Thread Lukasz Celeban
Hello, I just back from JavaOne where I got OpenSolaris 2008.05 LiveCd ;) During my trip I tried to install it on my laptop. I had 10GB partition for playing with OpenSolaris, so I switch its type to LinuxSwap/Solaris and tried to install. Unfortunately installation was broken about 77% with me

[install-discuss] Separate Post on why the install has issues.

2008-05-12 Thread Mark Scheck
This sucks, why is this install so screwed up? I doubt it's me I currently run sxde (which is far better in my opinion.) Why the super high memory requirements? I've tried installing a 3 computers now all has failed. 2 didn't have the memory requirements and failed at 84% OK that's understandabl

[install-discuss] Installing 5/08 Opensolaris Problem.

2008-05-12 Thread Mark Scheck
This sucks, why is this install so screwed up? I doubt it's me I currently run sxde (which is far better in my opinion. Why the super high memory requirements? I've tried installing a 3 computers now all has failed. 2 didn't have the memory requirements and failed at 84% OK that's understandable