Sanjay Nadkarni wrote:
> Hey,
>         As part of Indiana we are taking a fresh look at safemode boot.  
>         The safemode boot archive in Solaris 10 and Nevada is the miniroot
>         that is used by install.  As a result the size restrictions of the
>         miniroot dictate the size and contents of the safe mode boot 
> archive.  
> 
>         With the live CD approach, we are no longer encumbered by these
>         restrictions and therefore we want to take this opportunity to
>         make this archive more useful.
> 
>         So, are there tools or utilities that you would like to see when 
> booted
>         in safemode ? Are there new features that you would like to see ?
>         Or any limitations in the existing safemode boot archive that 
> you would
>         like to resolve.
> 
>         If so please participate in this discussion on 
> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org.

Hi Sanjay,

One tool that I often ask people to provide info with is 
/usr/X11/bin/scanpci to determine what hardware is present in the system. 
When they are having driver issues having this available is often far more 
helpful than prtconf.

Mike

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