Sanjay Nadkarni wrote: > Sundar Yamunachari wrote: > >> Moinak Ghosh wrote: >> >> >>> The Transfer Module Func. Spec. can be downloaded from >>> here: >>> >>> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/livemedia/files/transfermod.pdf >>> >>> It is currently in the Livemedia files section as I do not have >>> access to the Caiman files section. The document should soon >>> get moved to the Caiman files page. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Moinak. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> caiman-discuss mailing list >>> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >>> >>> >>> >> Moinak, >> >> - Section 1 last bullet: >> "For the Slim Install initial delivery only a fresh install scenario is >> being considered at this time. Upgrade is left as a subsequent activity. >> However based on the approach of a LiveCD based installer, upgrades are >> typically handled via the packaging system and not directly via the >> LiveCD. So for the purposes of the Transfer Module upgrades are out of >> scope." >> >> If slim is planning to use cpio to transfer the contents and not >> pkgadd, how will the upgrade work using the packaging system? The >> current upgrade works because the information is stored in pkg database >> and other places under /var/sadm. The upgrade algorithm uses these >> information to decide what needs to be upgraded. >> >> > Upgrade is not in the scope for October release. In the future one > would upgrade using Snap Upgrade and it will be using the IPS published > repository. > We need to mark this release somehow then, say in INST_RELEASE file, so we don't offer an upgrade on this with the legacy installers.
sarah ***** > > >> - Section 2 first point: >> "Copy the LiveCD contents to disk. This is essentially a straight cpio >> of the LiveCD contents from >> it's mounted location. The files of course get decompressed as they are >> read." >> >> I assume the cpio archive is created from the contents of the >> package. What happends to packaging scripts? pre and post install >> scripts and class action scripts? is the pkg database part of the cpio >> archive? >> >> > Again please note that this transfer module is working with the bits on > the Live CD. The bits on the Live CD are a > vastly modified version of an installed image. Therefore there will be > no pkging information. Furthermore, IPS does not support class action > scripts etc. > > > >> - Section 2 second point: >> "Copy some basic settings from the LiveCD environment to disk. These >> include Keyboard selection, Locale selection (on a multi-locale CD/DVD), >> Xorg config file if any, the etc/path_to_inst file, the SMF seed >> repository, the etc/devices/devid_cache." >> >> How does the locale stuff works with transfer module? In the current >> install, the locale packages corresponding to the list of packages to be >> installed will be selected and installed. >> >> - Section 2 additional tasks: The following may be needed. >> >> . Do you have any logfiles (or any other files needed for debugging) >> created as part of transfer module to be moved to the disk? >> . Creating menu.lst file >> >> Section 5 Interfaces: >> >> - The api TM_abort_operation() could be changed to TM_abort_transfer() >> or TM_cancel_transfer() to clearly indicate that the transfer is >> aborted/canceled. >> - How do you set the debug? >> - Can you expand on the nvlist parameters with the NAME and TYPE of each >> parameter? >> - Is there any error code returned by TM_perform_transfer() in the case >> of error? >> - Are you planning to use the same callback structures defined in >> orchestrator? Otherwise how can I get the callback information? >> >> Thanks, >> Sundar >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> caiman-discuss mailing list >> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > caiman-discuss mailing list > caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss > >
