John Levon wrote: > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 12:12:12PM -0400, Dave Miner wrote: > >> The change I had suggested was to use the standard paths and names, >> rather than ones which were specific to the live CD (especially as they >> were initially architecture-specific). That didn't get translated >> correctly in the prior iteration. > > I see - that makes sense now, thanks. >
Sorry that I seem to be having trouble being lucid ;-) >>> We'll work to get this change out to Linux, EC2 and any other >>> stakeholders as soon as we can. I'll repurpose 6826097 to this effect. >>> We have: >>> >>> /boot/x86.microroot (2009.06 and earlier live CD) >>> /platform/i86pc/boot_archive (later live CD releases) >>> /boot/boot_archive (pre-release 2009.06 bits) >>> >>> What will the AI release do? Can we drop the third check, or will it >>> stay at /boot/boot_archive? >>> >> If it would be helpful in reducing the clutter, it looks like it would >> be easy to revert it to /boot/x86.microroot for now. We can just >> pretend a few builds didn't exist ;-) > > Just so we're clear, virt-install will look for > /platform/i86pc/boot_archive, then /boot/x86.microroot, and then give > up. This will cover both AI and live CDs that have been released, and > break a few pre-111 iterations. > > You (or someone) will take care of placing the boot archive in > x86.microroot for both live and AI in 2009.06. The next release will > modify both to use /platform/i86pc/boot_archive > > Is that accurate? I should be able to get a 111-based virt-install > change done today that does the above. When AI support comes in for > virt-install we'll make sure it works similarly. > Yup, accurate. It'll be me, and the next release would be the target to move both. >>>> 4. Install QE and xVM QE devise a plan for regular regression testing of >>>> PV OpenSolaris live CD installs >>> I'm not sure who's owning this. I'll make sure it's covered again. >> Wasn't meaning to dump that on you necessarily, but if you're game for >> following up, that's fine. > > I'm following up. > Thanks! Dave
