Brian Hechinger wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 02:32:34PM -0600, Lori Alt wrote: > >> Install of a zfs root can only be done with the tty-based installer >> or with Jumpstart. I will make sure that instructions for both >> are made available by the time that SXDE build 90 is >> released. >> > > Will the tty or jumpstart based installed be able to do an Upgrade install > over an older ZFS Root system? > Sadly, no. You can bfu to the Solaris build 88 bits, but it's probably best to reinstall with the new installer when it becomes available.
> >> For an attractive, easy-to-use installer that is designed from >> the outset to install systems with zfs root pools, we'll all >> have to wait for Caiman: >> > > We don't need no stinkin' attractive, easy-to-use installers. ;) > > >> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/ >> > > Is the tty version going to stick around? Or will Caiman have a tty > version? > > The tty installer you will see in Build 90 will be going away at some point. It's clunky and written for the days when a 400 MB disk was considered really big. It's very ufs-centric and didn't adapt well to the idea of storage pools. I can't say for sure what Caiman will provide but I notice this among its goals, as specified on its OpenSolaris community web page: * Updated and simplified graphical and text user interfaces which carry Sun's current branding - Lori _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
