Fr?d?ric VANNIERE wrote: > Hello, > > I will use this thread to report my experiences with Automated Installer, get > help and explain my whishes. > > My project is, for now, to have sort of xVM appliances based on OpenSolaris > 2010.02 (svn_123) with a minimal installation and custom configuration. > > The test installation is from a Virtualbox instance with Linux as > PXE/DHCP/mirror/manifest server. I've written a small python server for > serving the manifests. > > 1/ The install process should not start if "entire" is not in the package > list. For me, "entire" was the entire OpenSolaris distribution (with gnome, > firefox ...) so I've removed it and the install process was broken at the end. > > 2/ If there is a wrong package name in ai_install_packages, the AI process > stops with the errror "pkg missing". It would be better to give the package > name that is missing. > > 3/ I really don't understand why the web browser's home page is configured > via the installer and force us to install the firefox package (bug 5558), > there is a simple fix but a clean solution would be to configure the home > page in Firefox's post-install scripts. > > 4/ I don't want to use multicast DNS for service detection, this should be > optional.
Hi Fr?d?ric, For now using multicast DNS (mDNS) for service registration on server is the only mechanism available and can't be avoided. However, making mDNS optional is being considered for future. As far as AI client is concerned, there is a fallback mechanism implemented which is used if service discovery over multicast DNS fails. Just out of curiosity, I assume that the reasoning behind this requirement is to use Linux box as AI server ? Thank you, Jan
