And who's going to go run around with this USB stick in a data center? Doesn't sound like a realistic solution.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Octave J. Orgeron Solaris Virtualization Architect and Consultant Web: http://unixconsole.blogspot.com E-Mail: [email protected] *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ----- Original Message ---- From: Paul Gress <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 9:34:08 AM Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Re: Oracle 10g on OpenSolaris (Solaris 5.11) [email protected] wrote: > >> The point is that they don't *need* or have to be in the installer. They're >> just as beneficial and useful at firstboot, in a Visual Panel, or somewhere >> else. There is no overwhelmingly great reason to force them to be part of >> the install process. Installation should be about installation and the >> minimum amount of configuration to get the system going. Anything beyond >> that is a pollution of the process IMO. >> > > > Our customers want an "hands-off" install; an install which can be > customized to a point where the system reboots and nothing needs to > be done. > > "Visual panels" do not work when you need to install 100s of systems. > > The fact that you are required to configure a system after it is installed is > a bug. Any system which requires post-install configuration is broken to a > point that is not usable. > Just a thought, couldn't you use a USB Stick to save configuration files, so the next 99 installs take data from there? Paul _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected] _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
