Install Gang, Do we have existing blogs or info that I can point to regarding Ben's idea that...
* We discuss Virtualbox and Parallel's... we should therefore also add VMWare Workstation/Fusion and potentially (maybe not for this release) Xen/xVM. Barbara On 10/19/08 15:08, Barbara Lundquist wrote: > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [docs-discuss] REVIEW installation docs 1st batch for 2008.11 > From: > Ben Rockwood <benr at cuddletech.com> > Date: > Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:14:36 -0700 > To: > Barbara.Lundquist at Sun.COM > > To: > Barbara.Lundquist at Sun.COM > CC: > docs-discuss at opensolaris.org > > > Hello Barbara, > > My feedback pertains only to the "Getting Started Guide". > > Barbara.Lundquist at Sun.COM wrote: > >> 1) Getting Started With OpenSolaris 2008.11 at >> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/files/getstart.pdf >> >> Changes in Getting Started With OpenSolaris 2008.11: >> - Please check blog links to see if any are outdated. >> - I added a New Features section with Auto Install and Distro >> Constructor descriptions. >> - I moved the Upgrade section into this book. >> - The IPS sections are moved to a separate book that will be reviewed >> next week. >> - The Snap Upgrade section was moved to a separate book per below. >> - Rearranged some sections and rewrote for clarity. >> - Basic installation procedures are largely unchanged. >> - Some of the doc cross-references still point to 2008.05 docs >> > > The document should consist of 3 chapters: > > 1) Getting Started with... (Pages 5-11) > 2) Installing OpenSolaris 2008.11 (Pages 11-21) > 3) Installing OpenSolaris 2008.11 as a Virtual Machine (Pages 22-29) > > Several sections need to be shifted or consolidated, such as: > > * Chapter 1's flow should be more introductory... why should the user > both using this release? "Overview of OpenSolaris..." should be the > first section. > * "Installation Roadmap" should be pushed to first section of Chapter 2 > * "System Requirements" should preceed "Limitation for the ..." in > Chapter 1. > * "New Features in OpenSolaris 2008.11" should be the first section of > "Overview of OpenSolaris 2008.11". > * In general, I'm tempted to say that the other sections of the > "Overview of OpenSolaris 2008.11" should be dumped or moved. > * Is there a "Whats New in 2008.11" separate document? > > * I'm not sure we need installation instructure for installing > Virtualbox on so many platforms.... just seems patronizing. > * We discuss Virtualbox and Parallel's... we should therefore also add > VMWare Workstation/Fusion and potentially (maybe not for this release) > Xen/xVM. > * There should be a "Consideration when Installing ..." section. > > benr. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/caiman-discuss/attachments/20081023/7f9b9438/attachment.html>
