Hate to reply to my own posting, but.... * Glenn Lagasse (Glenn.Lagasse at Sun.COM) wrote: > * Shawn Walker (swalker at opensolaris.org) wrote: > > Mike Gerdts wrote: > > >On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Shawn Walker<swalker at opensolaris.org> > > >wrote: > > >>The current installer projects don't currently support package-based > > >>installs; only 'cpio-based' installs as far as I know (which means a > > >>pre-installed image). > > > > > >I thought that the text-based installer handled this differently. AI > > >certainly does, but you've already corrected your statement on that > > >point. > > > > It may, but my understanding of the text installer is fuzzy at best. > > The text installer actually does install directly from IPS and not media > like the gui-install/liveCD.
So, a colleague of mine just corrected me. While I'm certain someone told me that the text installer prototype installed via IPS directly contrary to the liveCD/gui-installer that isn't actually the case. The prototype does in fact install via cpio. Sorry for any confusion. -- Glenn
