Done... Matt
Barbara.Lundquist at Sun.COM wrote: > Matt, > > OK, now I've got the re-revised copy of the disk panel help file. > With help from the ZFS writer, this file has been updated to > better described the new ZFS file configuration. > > Please replace install_disk_panel.txt with the new attached > copy of that file. > > Thanks! > > Barbara > > > > Barbara.Lundquist at Sun.COM wrote: > >> Matt, >> Hold off on this change. I have more revisions coming in. >> I'll resend when ready. >> Barbara >> >> >> Barbara.Lundquist at Sun.COM wrote: >> >>> Matt, >>> Sorry, but I made a small but important change in the file. >>> Can you put in this revised version? >>> Thank you!! >>> Barbara >>> >>> >>> Matt Keenan wrote: >>> >>>> Done.. :) >>>> >>>> >>>> Barbara.Lundquist at Sun.COM wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Matt, >>>>> >>>>> Please replace the existing help file for install_disk_panel.txt >>>>> with the >>>>> new attached file of the same name. >>>>> >>>>> This new Help file for Slim Installer includes the new minimum >>>>> size requirement and includes ZFS default file system setup >>>>> information. >>>>> >>>>> This is a beta draft of this help file. We'll probably have >>>>> further edits >>>>> to this file as we go forward, but at least this new file covers ZFS. >>>>> >>>>> Please includes this in the next build of Slim. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you! >>>>> Barbara >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> caiman-discuss mailing list >>>> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >>>> >>>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> Disk >>> >>> >>> This panel displays the internal disks, external disks, and >>> solid-state drives that are available on the system. This panel also >>> displays the size of each disk in gigabytes. This panel enables you >>> to choose a disk for the installation. >>> Note: In order to be recognized by the installer, the disks and >>> solid-state drives must be turned on at the time the computer boots. >>> >>> Guidelines >>> >>> * Recommended minimum size for the OpenSolaris OS installation is >>> displayed. Disks that are too small for a successful installation >>> are labeled as such. >>> Recommended size is at least 10 GB. >>> * During the installation, the OpenSolaris fdisk partition is >>> resliced with a default filesystem layout. For details, see the >>> default layout summary at the end of this Help page. >>> Procedure >>> >>> 1. Select a disk. >>> >>> * For details about a disk, move the cursor over the disk icon. A >>> popup window provides disk specifications. >>> >>> 2. After a disk has been selected, choose one of the following two >>> options: >>> >>> * Install the OpenSolaris OS on the whole disk. >>> >>> WARNING: This option erases the existing disk. The entire disk is >>> overwritten with the new OpenSolaris OS. >>> * Install the OpenSolaris OS on a partition on the selected disk. >>> For this option, one existing Solaris partition must be available as >>> the target for the installation. >>> >>> Note the following partitioning guidelines: >>> >>> *Only one Solaris or OpenSolaris partition is allowed. You can >>> change an existing Solaris partition to another partition type. >>> >>> * Only x86 based systems can be partitioned. >>> * Manual control of OpenSolaris partitioning and of file system >>> layout is not supported. >>> >>> 3. If you choose to install the OpenSolaris OS on a partition, you >>> can resize existing partitions, delete partitions, and create new >>> partitions in this panel. >>> Note the following guidelines: >>> >>> * This panel displays the existing disk partitioning. >>> WARNING: If the existing partition table cannot be read, a warning >>> is displayed, and the panel displays proposed partitioning. In this >>> case, all data on the disk is destroyed. >>> >>> * The partitions are displayed in physically sequential order as >>> they are laid out on the disk. >>> WARNING: Resizing a partition destroys the data on that partition >>> and all physically subsequent partitions. Existing data is not moved >>> to conform to a new partition layout. However, resizing the last >>> partition or adding a new partition does not affect the data that >>> already exists in other partitions. >>> >>> * The Unallocated Available Space field tracks any disk space that >>> has not been allocated to a specific partition. You can Type "=" >>> into any partition size, in order to alter its size so that >>> remaining unallocated space is zero. >>> >>> Default Filesystem Layout >>> >>> The ???Project Indiana??? Milestone 1 release installation assigns >>> the entire OpenSolaris fdisk partition to a ZFS pool. This pool is >>> setup as a mirrored pool. The ZFS pool includes datasets for a /usr >>> file system, the /opt file system, the /export file system, and >>> others. Swap is located be on zvol. A second disk is required for >>> redundancy. The following example illustrates the resulting file >>> system setup. >>> >>> <indiana-build> zpool status pool: mypool >>> state: ONLINE >>> scrub: scrub completed with 0 errors on Wed Sep 26 23:41:40 2007 >>> config: >>> >>> NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM >>> mypool ONLINE 0 0 0 >>> mirror ONLINE 0 0 0 >>> c3t0d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0 >>> >>> errors: No known data errors >>> >>> Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on >>> mypool/BE1 134G 16G 83G 17% / >>> /devices 0K 0K 0K 0% /devices >>> /dev 0K 0K 0K 0% /dev >>> ctfs 0K 0K 0K 0% /system/contract >>> proc 0K 0K 0K 0% /proc >>> mnttab 0K 0K 0K 0% /etc/mnttab >>> swap 496M 888K 495M 1% /etc/svc/volatile >>> objfs 0K 0K 0K 0% /system/object >>> sharefs 0K 0K 0K 0% /etc/dfs/sharetab >>> mypool/BE1/usr 134G 3.4G 83G 4% /usr >>> /usr/lib/libc/libc_hwcap2.so.1 >>> >>> 87G 3.4G 83G 4% /lib/libc.so.1 >>> fd 0K 0K 0K 0% /dev/fd >>> >>> mypool/BE1/var 134G 1.3G 83G 2% /var >>> swap 522M 27M 495M 6% /tmp >>> swap 495M 40K 495M 1% /var/run >>> mypool/BE1/opt 134G 1.4G 83G 2% /opt >>> mypool/BE1/export 134G 1.5G 83G 2% /export >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> caiman-discuss mailing list >>> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >>> >>> >> >> >
