it certainly worked initially for me... but not supported... see http://blogs.sun.com/edp/entry/moving_from_nevada_and_live for a sketch of how to make the transition. I am finishing up my experiences and re-building one of my lab systems as a final walk through..
hth, rich Vincent Boisard wrote: > Hi, > > I was thinking ... > Would it be possible, before installing, to boot with the DVD to a > single user shell, fdisk and slice my boot disks, > and then use these slices in the installer ? > > Vincent > > On 9/14/08, *Peter Tribble* <peter.tribble at gmail.com > <mailto:peter.tribble at gmail.com>> wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 12:59 PM, dick hoogendijk <dick at nagual.nl > <mailto:dick at nagual.nl>> wrote: > > On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:57:45 +0100 > > "Peter Tribble" <peter.tribble at gmail.com > <mailto:peter.tribble at gmail.com>> wrote: > > > >> dick hoogendijk <dick at nagual.nl <mailto:dick at nagual.nl>> wrote: > >> > "Vincent Boisard" <vboisard at gmail.com > <mailto:vboisard at gmail.com>> wrote: > >> >> I would like to know if it is possible to edit slices on the disk > >> >> before installing Solaris Nevada? > >> > One of the (many) big advantages for ZFS is -NOT- to have slices. > >> Sure. But it's still excellent practice to separate the data and the > >> OS into separate pools. In fact, I would regard that separation as > >> essential. > > > > Agreed. But slices != pools. > > > Given a single fdisk partition, how do you get separate pools > without slicing it up? > > > -- > -Peter Tribble > http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > > install-discuss mailing list > install-discuss at opensolaris.org <mailto:install-discuss at > opensolaris.org> > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > install-discuss mailing list > install-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss
