> On 31/10/2007, Mike DeMarco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > On 31/10/2007, Mike DeMarco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > Several week ago I upgraded my desktop from > build > > > 49 to build 73. I ran the upgrade and it > installed > > > without a problem. Last night I tried a new > install > > > from the same build 73 media. The new install > format > > > did not give me the chance to lay out the > partition > > > on the drive. It did allow me to fdisk "problems > with > > > this also as it would not let me configure any > > > logical with anything but solaris/other" slice up > the > > > drive but after that I could fin no way to > partition > > > the drive. > > > > > > > > Am i missing something, besides the partitions > for > > > /var /opt and configuring the correct swap > amount? > > > > > > > > > > The current installer is a prototype and does not > yet > > > support any > > > advanced operations. > > > > > > You don't really need separate partitions for > > > anything except swap and root. > > > > > Problem here is that it configured with 512meg of > swap and gave me no way to change that. Also it > configured 512meg for /export/home with no way to > change. > > > > Hope the advanced options are not too far off. For > now I have to install older builds and do a upgrade > to get the partition table the way I need it. > > > > Actually, you don't. Just choose the "Solaris > Express" option and use > the old installer instead of the "Solaris Express > Developer Edition" > option. > > Once you've finished installing, you can run the > script to install the > developer tools from the DVD. > > I used the text installer to install snv75 at home > without issue. > > For the installer to have picked such small sizes for > your > /export/home and swap, you must have very limited > disk space. > > -- > Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst > http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ > > "We don't have enough parallel universes to allow all > uses of all > junction types--in the absence of quantum computing > the combinatorics > are not in our favor..." --Larry Wall > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected]
I limit the disk space for solaris and create a fdisk partition for zfs. This allows me to keep upgrading Solaris without losing all my custom data. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
