Great rewrite, all! Thank you! I'll use the revised text. Barbara
Dave Miner wrote: > Shawn Walker wrote: > >> On 16/10/2007, Barbara.Lundquist at sun.com <Barbara.Lundquist at sun.com> >> wrote: >> >>> More tweaking done: >>> >>> The Slim installer prototype cannot upgrade an existing operating >>> system. The installer performs an initial installation which overwrites >>> all software and data on the target disk. >> >> >> I'm fairly certain that isn't correct. >> >> If I remember correctly from the demo Dave Miner was showing us at the >> summit, it let you choose the partition for installation, although you >> couldn't edit existing ones. >> >> This means you should be able to install it into a single partition >> without affecting any other partitions. >> >> It also offers an "Use Whole Disk" option. >> > > Absolutely correct again. Shawn was paying attention during that demo > ;-) > >> Perhaps it would be better worded: >> "The Slim installer prototype cannot upgrade an existing operating >> system. The installer can perform an initial installation into a >> selected primary partition (preserving existing partitions) or use an >> entire disk. Installation will overwrite all software and data on the >> selected target." >> > > That's much more accurate, though I'd say "primary Solaris partition" > because it must be a partition that's already defined for Solaris. > > Dave
