Re: [osol-discuss] flar install error

2008-01-16 Thread Alan DuBoff
On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Aubrey Li wrote: Thanks for the info! Certainly, this bug is not fixed on nevada. Developers may need this feature to backup their system. Possibly, I'm not clear where flar will go in the future. ZFS offers a lot of functionality with snapshots and I have heard that the

[osol-discuss] flar install error

2008-01-15 Thread Robin du
Hi list, I'm using flar to clone my current system.(machineA) #flar create -n robin-system -c robin-system.flar And I copy robin-system.flar to another system(machineB:/export/home/robin/robin-system.flar). Now I want to reinstall my current system. NFS and ftp are verified to work well on

Re: [osol-discuss] flar install error

2008-01-15 Thread Aubrey Li
On Jan 16, 2008 7:07 AM, Jack Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Robin. Not sure if this is a bug, or if your flar archive is corrupt. A few questions: How soon after you start the install do you get the error? Is it immediate, or does it run for a while first? Have you checked that

Re: [osol-discuss] flar install error

2008-01-15 Thread Robin du
On 1/16/08, Aubrey Li [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 16, 2008 7:07 AM, Jack Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Robin. Not sure if this is a bug, or if your flar archive is corrupt. A few questions: How soon after you start the install do you get the error? Is it immediate, or

Re: [osol-discuss] flar install error

2008-01-15 Thread Alan DuBoff
On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Aubrey Li wrote: Yes, this is a known bug if you are using x86 and GUI installation. See below: x86: Solaris Installation GUI Might Fail When You Install Solaris Flash Archive (6208656) I have known about this bug

Re: [osol-discuss] flar install error

2008-01-15 Thread Aubrey Li
Hi Alan, On Jan 16, 2008 11:43 AM, Alan DuBoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Aubrey Li wrote: Yes, this is a known bug if you are using x86 and GUI installation. See below: x86: Solaris Installation GUI Might Fail