Hi Frank,
> On 09/14/09 09:01 AM, Sarah Jelinek wrote: >> Hi Frank, >> >> There is no plan to make liveCD for SPARC. We are planning on few things >> that will help with this: > > This is great news! I don't suppose you have any idea when one of these > might become available? I'd take any of them... > >> 1. Recovery disk. This will be for both SPARC and x86. > > One disk that can boot either architecture? That would be pretty > amazing and a wonderful thing! But two disks would be OK too... An important note... The recovery disk is in the research phase only. Your input on this helps us understand how high a requirement this is. As for the other 2, they are in progress, design and implementation. No schedule specifics, but are in progress. > >> 2. Automated install is being modified to allow a client to boot from >> the network without initiating an install. This may be heavyweight for a >> single system recovery, but would work. > > Yes, it would. My least favorite alternative, but having it available > would make things a bit less scary. > >> 3. Text installer. This introduce a media based bootable SPARC image, >> and allow you to boot and not do an install since it is interactive. >> >> There is no bootable image for SPARC at this time. The text installer >> and the bootable AI image are both in the works now. > > It makes sense not to do a SPARC live CD. Anyone wanting to run Open > Solaris on SPARC can always find a way :-). IMO not having some way to > do a rescue is a bit of a problem unless you have more than one > machine, likely true for most if not all SPARC users. I'll keep a > bootable disk on a shelf until one of these solutions becomes available... They can create this for sure. But, the other two options, Text installer as well as bootable AI will provide basically what you are asking for. thanks, sarah ***** >> thanks, >> sarah >> ***** > > Thank you! Good news is always welcome :-) > > Cheers -- Frank
