----- Original message ----- From: "Rafiu Fakunle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:37:36 +0100 (BST) Subject: Re: [OF-users] 2.1 Beta1 Installable ISO Now Available
>----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> DO NOT USE THIS RELEASE ON A PRODUCTION SYSTEM. >I would have hoped the big warning sign to the same effect at the >beginning of the install process would have alerted folks to the dangers >involved - but thanks for reiterating it here nonetheless - one can >never be too careful ;) All beta's come with a "dont use for production" monika, however many many beta are used in production, I just wanted to make sure people on this list realised that this drop really wasn't ready for production. >> 1) There is no upgrade option, or if there is, it is sufficiently >> well >> hidden that I could not find it. >> >> 2) When I tried to overwrite the existing installation (and therefore >> keep my config) the install aborted partway through (sorry the error >> messages was very long and detailed so I didn't copy it into my >> desktop >> system). > > >Hmm. I should have made it explicitly clear that rPath != CentOS so >"upgrading" (at least in the traditional sense) is not really an option. >I just assumed that folks would have understood that since it's akin to >trying to upgrade from CentOS to SuSE Linux - a definite no-no. I think this a Windows peeps have a different view of how OS's work from Linux peeps, I had no idea you couldnt upgrade from CentOS to SuSE, I find the idea that you cant very strange, I thought Linux was Linux, but clearly not, Linux seems to be bunch of different OS's developed by different people but which use the same code base and are functionalily identical. For a Windows peep (like myself) this all extremly counter intuative. But in the case of of Openfiler I find this even more confusing, how should I upgrade my production server to the new release (when the new release is ready)? Surely I'm not now orpahaned by the move to rPath? >> >> 4) During install rPath fails to recognise my boot partition as a >> boot >> partition and I had no option but to repartition/reformat it. >> > >I can understand why you'd need to reformat, but repartition as well? > >I'd be interested to hear from others who might have run into this >problem. The reason for having to repartition was because the volume was no longer recognised as a boot partition. >> Despite all this, my SAN does appear to be up and running (although >> all >> my volumes and shares are gone) and I will play and let people know >> how >> it goes. >> > >Please keep the feedback coming. Much appreciated. > I will :) Thank you _______________________________________________ Openfiler-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openfiler.com/mailman/listinfo/openfiler-users
