Francis Lalonde wrote: > Ok, I know IPS is all about network, and that I really should "pkg > image-update" my way to 2009.06. BUT since pkg.opensolaris.org seems to > overloaded, that IPS still doesnt have a mirror update server mechanism (or > does it?), and that one of the reason I want to upgrade is to get better NIC > drivers because 2008.11 is causing me trouble, I would really, really like to > be able to update using that nice shiny DVD of 2009.06 I just burned.
I'm uncertain as to what you mean by "mirror update server mechanism". We do support content mirrors (that is, mirrors of the package data itself). However, no individuals, to my knowledge, have opted to provide public mirrors (outside of china): http://opensolaris.org/os/project/pkg/Mirroring/ > The new DVD boots extra-fine on the machine, and I've launched the installer, > but no, no upgrade there. I find it hard to believe that there is no way of > doing this, and that IPS has no provision for installing from files. I can > see this being a big deal in some environments with limited connectivity > (i.e. for security or geographical reasons). > > Anybody? I dont want to go back to XFS + Samba! The reason you can't use the LiveCDs to upgrade is because it doesn't contain any packages. The LiveCD is literally the 'installed' image of a 2009.06 system, and essentially just gets copied to a blank filesystem. At this time, pkg(5) does not support using file-based sources for packaging operations. An on-disk format will very likely be implemented later this year. However, I can tell you that there are plans to release an ISO image of the 2009.06 repository soon so that you can run a local depot server and use that as a mirror. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker
