Brandorr wrote: > I think it's time we took this discussion to install-discuss. Please > remove opensolaris-discuss from replies. > > Instead of requiring that we unpack to a RAM based miniroot, have we > explored the option of mounting compressed filesystems on the CDROM, > and using symlinks in the miniroot, when the system is under a certain > amount of RAM. (Generally, compressed filesystems increase IO > throughput, in exchange for CPU cycles. This is particularly true on > "slow" storage media). > > I think it is possible that this option has not been explored, because > there may not have been a supported compressed filesystem before the > recent changes to ZFS. >
If you were to follow along with the Slim Install project, that's sort of what's being done. We've been experimenting with it in the Live Media project for over a year. Dave
