Re: [osol-discuss] new installer - less features

2007-10-24 Thread Ron Halstead
I have to agree with Andrew. I've been doing this for many years. While I do not dislike change, I do like options, particularly the option to lay out the disk the way I like it. You have many good reasons to use a whole disk root, but should your reasons dictate my options? I think not. -ron

Re: [osol-discuss] new installer - less features

2007-10-24 Thread UNIX admin
I have to agree with Andrew. I've been doing this for many years. While I do not dislike change, I do like options, particularly the option to lay out the disk the way I like it. You have many good reasons to use a whole disk root, but should your reasons dictate my options? I think not.

[osol-discuss] new installer - less features

2007-10-23 Thread Georg-W. Koltermann
Hi, I installed the fall SXDE lately, curious about the new and much improved installer. I learned that it does look nicer, but actually gives me much less control. There is no knob to tweak for the filesystem layout, all you can do is specify the partition size!! There goes my long

Re: [osol-discuss] new installer - less features

2007-10-23 Thread andrewk9
If you need more control over the install, choose Solaris Express Community Edition instead of Developed Edition at the boot menu, then once the install is finished, install the developer tools by hand using the install_devtools.sh script in the DeveloperTools directory on the DVD. Cheers