Dave Miner wrote: > Jan, > > With respect to the task list: > > >> [1] October release (only fresh install on x86 supported) >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> o removed dependency on pfinstall engine >> >> o Disk module >> * support for creating VTOC label (slice configuration) within existing >> Solaris2 partition >> according to information received from orchestrator (user will be asked >> to >> create fdisk Solaris2 partition before Installer is launched). It is >> supposed >> that at least two slices will be created (one for ZFS root pool, one for >> swap). >> > > I think we could pretty easily include support for using the entire > disk, as "fdisk -B" essentially does what we'd need to allow that > option. It's a small thing, but means one less thing that has to be > disabled/modified in the GUI and one less step for users who are willing > to give us the whole disk. >
This is a good point. In this case "whole disk" option in GUI would work without modifications and the implementation from TI point of view is to be easy due to the fact that "fdisk -B" does all the work. Thank you for pointing this out. I will add this both to the task list and to the design spec as well. Jan > Dave > _______________________________________________ > caiman-discuss mailing list > caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >
