Hi Miten,

Miten Mehta wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have installed LiveCD 2008.11 and its release file shows:
> OpenSolaris 2008.11 snv_101b_rc2 X86
>            Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
>                         Use is subject to license terms.
>                            Assembled 19 November 2008
> 
> Now can I use instructions in your post to update my install also ?
> 
There is a good chance the instructions will work. You can have a try.

However, it's better to get updated through IPS, since the binaries you 
replaced may get overwritten by later upgrades.
> When ever I see bug fix applied to snv_nn and if I am at old xx release then 
> what is the way to apply that bug fix ? do I have to first update to snv_nn 
> from snv_xx and then apply the patch ?
> 
This is the safe way.
> How do I know how much MB will be downloaded if I want to update ?  is there 
> a preview mode ?
> 
The packages may be large (hundreds of MBs). I'm not sure about preview 
mode. You can get more information from: indiana-discuss at opensolaris.org

Regards,
Tim
> Regards,
> 
> Miten.




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