Tim,
Thanks - that helps for the no-upgrade note. I tweaked it as follows:

<para>The Slim installer prototype cannot upgrade any existing 
operating-system
installation. The installer performs an initial installation which 
overwrites
all software and data on the target disk.</para>

Barbara


Tim Bray wrote:

>On Oct 16, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Barbara.Lundquist at Sun.COM wrote:
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>>Tim,
>>The current OpenSolaris installation will overwrite the existing
>>Solaris installation. It's not an upgrade, in that it won't save  
>>any parts of the
>>existing OS, it's a fresh installation.
>>    
>>
>
>On Oct 16, 2007, at 1:28 PM, Shawn Walker wrote:
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>>>So does "install the current OpenSolaris" not count as an upgrade,
>>>and why isn't it mentioned in the Slim Install section?  -T
>>>      
>>>
>>No, it doesn't count as an upgrade.
>>
>>The Live CD boots to a desktop environment from the CD, from where you
>>can run the installer.
>>
>>When you run the installer, the upgrade option is disabled for the
>>initial prototype that is being delivered.
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>
>OK, if I understand you correctly, the only confusing part (well, it  
>confused me, anyhow) is the Note on the live CD; I mis-parsed  
>"initial installation only" as "You can't do anything after you  
>install" rather than "this nukes what's there".  How about something  
>like?
>
>Note: The Slim installer currently cannot upgrade any existing  
>operating-system installation; it will perform an initial install,  
>replacing any software and data on the target disk.  -T
>
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