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
