[install-discuss] [osol-help] How to install Solaris without loss of existing data

2008-02-04 Thread Ian Collins
Miroslav Nachev wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any way to install new fresh Solaris copy under old > installation without loss of existing data? I am asking because > yesterday I run Solaris Update/Upgrade b81 and after that my Solaris > stop working. The GUI is not working, the network is not workin

[install-discuss] [osol-help] How to install Solaris without loss of existing data

2008-02-04 Thread Bernd Schemmer
Hi, Miroslav Nachev wrote: > May I read and write to NTFS partition from OpenSolaris? There's a driver on the belenix website http://www.genunix.org/distributions/belenix_site/?q=download for reading NTFS partitions (but not writing) Writing NTFS is not possible as far as I know. A possible wo

[install-discuss] [osol-help] How to install Solaris without loss of existing data

2008-02-04 Thread Miroslav Nachev
May I read and write to NTFS partition from OpenSolaris? Miro. On 2/4/08, James Carlson wrote: > > Ian Collins writes: > > Miroslav Nachev wrote: > > > After that I do new installation but then my existing data is lost. Is > > > there any option to prevent disk formating and erasing? > > > > >

[install-discuss] [osol-help] How to install Solaris without loss of existing data

2008-02-04 Thread Miroslav Nachev
This is sound very good. How to customize Solaris installation process? Miro. On 2/4/08, James Carlson wrote: > > Ian Collins writes: > > Miroslav Nachev wrote: > > > After that I do new installation but then my existing data is lost. Is > > > there any option to prevent disk formating and eras

[install-discuss] [osol-help] How to install Solaris without loss of existing data

2008-02-04 Thread Rich Reynolds
http://www.sun.drydog.com/faq/9.html#s9.4 This message posted from opensolaris.org

[install-discuss] [osol-help] How to install Solaris without loss of existing data

2008-02-04 Thread James Carlson
Ian Collins writes: > Miroslav Nachev wrote: > > After that I do new installation but then my existing data is lost. Is > > there any option to prevent disk formating and erasing? > > > > > You should learn to use Live Upgrade, then if an upgrade fails, you can > revert back to your previous ve