Jon: YOu can go ahead and file the bug. There are bugs in this area.
Jon K Aimone wrote: > Hi, > > Thanx for the information. > > Empirical data agrees. > > This leads to more questions... I created a manifest that attempts to > create slice zero without specifying the target device. It accepts the > manifest without complaint, but does not re-slice the disk it chose. Is > this a bug? Or should I file an RFE? > > > <ai_manifest name="ssqa-2009-06.111a.ai-d33a"> > > <ai_pkg_repo_default_authority> > <main url="http://ipkg.sfbay/dev"; authname="ipkg.sfbay"/> > > </ai_pkg_repo_default_authority> > > <ai_pkg_repo_addl_authority> > <main url="http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev"; > authname="opensolaris.org"/> > > </ai_pkg_repo_addl_authority> > > <ai_device_vtoc_slices> > <slice_action>create</slice_action> > <slice_number>0</slice_number> > <slice_size>16383</slice_size> > > </ai_device_vtoc_slices> > > <ai_packages> > > <package_name>entire at 0.5.11,5.11-0.111:20090418T200225Z</package_name> > <package_name>SUNWcsd</package_name> > <package_name>SUNWcs</package_name> > <package_name>babel_install</package_name> > <package_name>SUNWiscsit</package_name> > <package_name>SUNWiscsitgt</package_name> > > </ai_packages> > > <ai_auto_reboot>true</ai_auto_reboot> > > </ai_manifest> > > > mary ding said the following on 05/13/09 14:45: >> Jean: >> >> >> >> Jean McCormack wrote: >>> Jon Aimone wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I probably just missed it somewhere, but what is the default >>>> behavior when no disks are listed in the manifests for the >>>> auto-installer? >>> It will use the manifest information to find the first matching disk. >>> That means it will first check to see if there are any disk criteria >>> specified in the manifest. If disk criteria are specified it will >>> match according to that. If not, it will try to select a default disk >>> based on disk size. The first disk greater than our recommended >>> minimum disk size will be selected. >>>> >>>> Does it re-slice a disk or try to use the existing slices? >>>> >>> I think it's reusing the slices. Can someone help out here? >>> >> >> It will reuse the existing slices and do not re-slice. >> >> >>>> And how does it choose the disk in the first place? >>> See above. >>> >>> Jean >>>> >>>> Did I just miss this info in the docs? >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> caiman-discuss mailing list >>>> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> caiman-discuss mailing list >>> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >> > > _______________________________________________ > caiman-discuss mailing list > caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss
