Alan, Thanks for your assistance. I'll try the 101. Thanks, Jim
Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Jim wrote: > >> Hi, >> I've been away from opensolaris for quite a while (it is my winter project). >> Anyway, I've built a file/itunes/tivo/backup server from SXDE as a >> Christmas 2007 project and stopped upgrading at SXDE snv_79a because it was >> stable and met my needs (and the weather got warm). >> >> Now that I have some time, I was looking to move to a later release. >> Unsuspecting, I ordered the 2008.05 cd and popped it in. Much to my >> surprise, I couldn't upgrade to it, as it only does fresh installs. >> >> After much googling, it doesn't look like I have any path to get to 2008.05 >> beyond a wipe it/reinstall. I don't want to do this as I use the server as >> a part of my household. >> >> Is there a path to get me to a modern release of something without backing >> up or losing some of the things I've had to build/configure? >> > > SXCE is your only choice there (for now at least). > > >> I had avoided SXCE as I was looking for testing and stability. If SXCE is >> my only upgrade path, are there any releases considered more stable than >> others. My goal now is to get to a level where I can run virtual box and >> install a windows print server, because I have the misfortune of having an >> HP LaserJet1022 that appears to only be Windows friendly. >> > > You might consider the SXCE releases that correspond (roughly) to > OpenSolaris 2008.xx releases - SXCE build 86 was used as the base > for 2008.05, SXCE build 101 will be used as the base for 2008.11. > Otherwise, SXCE doesn't really have any releases that are more > special than others. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-help/attachments/20081003/b63f8770/attachment.html>
