Gang, I'll add the following information to the Auto Installer documentation (ongoing copy), both in the manifest default section and in the FAQ section. And, I'll add this information to bug 9029. Please advise any edits this week. Barbara
Default Disk Selection for Client Installations You can use the <ai_target_device> tag to specify a particular target disk on which to install the OpenSolaris OS. If you do not specify a target disk, the automated installer chooses a default target for installating the OpenSolaris OS. The default target disk is selected as follows: 1. The installer gets the recommended size for installing the OpenSolaris OS from the AI libraries. Currently, the recommended size is 12 GB. 2. The installer searches for available disks on the client. Note: The installer selects only the following types of disks: * For SPARC clients, the installer searches for disks with a VTOC label. * For x86 clients, the installer searches for Solaris partitions. 3. When the first disk is found, the installer checks the size of that disk. - If the size is greater than or equal to the recommended size, the installer selects the disk and returns to the installation procedure. - If the size is less than the recommended size, the installer goes to the next disk to check the size. 3. If there is no match, automated installation fails.
