Kyle McDonald wrote: > Bart Smaalders wrote: >> Benjamin Brumaire wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I experienced the new installation process while setting a new >>> system. >>> It feels very easy to install Solaris Express Community Edition b87 and >>> I think it 's a good thing to simplify the process. But making thing >>> easier shouldn't make the process inflexible. In Unix-style there should >>> be room for modification. Especialy disk layout. Maybe I missed >>> something but I wasn't able to find a way to modify the default layout. >>> In that case I think the simplification process of installing >>> opensolaris went too far. >>> >> >> Is the problem that you wish to repartition the disk? Note that ZFS >> doesn't >> use fixed boundaries for filesystems, so space allocation should not >> be an issue >> inside the disk/partition chosen for OpenSolaris. >> >> > Even with ZFS, the installer should let you define which sub trees (/, > /usr, /var) are separate ZFS filesystems, and set fixed sizes (Quotas? > Reservations?) on them.
Why do you feel this is necessary? The current layout is obviously not yet finished, but once /var/mail. /var/log etc are properly separated, what user benefit is derived by setting quotas before installation. If desired (which makes little sense for disks containing OS files), such quotas can be added later on, or removed Any work done to ease administration tasks in a not yet installed image is basically useless for any other purpose. Only those items that _cannot_ be done after install should be done before hand. - Bart -- Bart Smaalders Solaris Kernel Performance barts at cyber.eng.sun.com http://blogs.sun.com/barts "You will contribute more with mercurial than with thunderbird."
