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 t

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

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

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 >

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 chec

Re: [osol-discuss] flar install error

2008-01-15 Thread Jack Schwartz
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 the archive is not corrupt? Does "flar info -l" work? Were there any

[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 mach