Matt N wrote: > First experiences with Solaris Live Upgrade: > > > 1) Downloaded, burned to DVD and installed b67 from scratch. set up > two extra partitions(3,4) the same size as the root partition 0. > > 2) Downloaded, assembled and mounted the iso for b70 from > opensolaris.org. > > 3) did lucreate and luupgrade, pointing to the mounted iso. > > > So far, the initial installation of b67 took around 20-30 minutes. > However the luupgrade command, after 24 hours, is only 66% done. Is > this normal? Why would a full install take 30mins but a BE upgrade > take 36 hours? Is it rebuilding the entire thing? >
Essentially, yes, the upgrade process involves removing and adding most all of the packages. That amount of time is not particularly normal, unless you're heavily using the system at the same time; the upgrade process does run at lowest priority, so it may well be a victim of other things you're doing. Or maybe there are other issues with the system's performance? > Is there a way to get at more recent builds? b72, 73 etc.? or does > that entail dl individual pataches and building from scratch? > > For the average, Joe User, unaffliated with Sun, is it normal to > upgrade from the biweekly iso's? Is there some other way to get the > latest betas, ala checkout from version control or some kind of > package management? > Right now, upgrades require using new images. Going forward, we'll be providing upgrades from network package repositories. Dave
