beadm activate opensolaris-sru8-ABE Oops, I missed the target name on the beadm activate command...
Leslie H Wood wrote, On 02/27/10 10:08: > You can always create an ABE before you try something unknown. > > I append "-ABE" to the BE I want to protect > > beadm list > > BE Active Mountpoint Space Policy Created > > -- ------ ---------- ----- ------ ------- > > opensolaris-sru7 - - 20.30M static 2009-12-09 11:56 > > opensolaris-sru8 NR / 14.65G static 2010-01-29 13:42 > > opensolaris-sru8-ABE - - 84.0K static 2010-02-03 08:39 > > > To create if you are active in the BE you want to protect: > > beadm create opensolaris-sru8-ABE > > It takes about 10 seconds to create an ABE > > Then if your update fails then just activate and boot to the ABE > > beadm activate > init 6 > > You can then either delete the spoiled BE and recreate it or mount it > an tray to fix it and both are done with the beadm command. > > I do this all the time to reduce patching risks or when trying some > package I have no experience with on Solaris and OpenSolaris. You > just have to remember to destroy/create the ABE to keep it current > just before you start the risky work. > > ...Les > > Kaya Saman wrote, On 02/27/10 08:27: >> On 02/27/10 04:20 PM, Samar Farhat wrote: >>> it didnot work either !... >>> pkginfo -l | grep vlc command didnot report any thing ! >>> and : >>> # pkgrm CSWvlc >>> pkgrm: ERROR: no package associated with <CSWvlc> >>> >>> now i can't get the new pkg and i can't use the old one... great..! >>> isn't there any streaming server other than VLC? >>> >>> >> >> Have a look at icecast and darkice.... >> >> Also a little hint: next time you want to try something in >> OpenSolaris which you're not sure about if will work or not. >> Configure a Zone or VM instance using Vbox. That will at least save >> you the hassle of having a non-functional package which you can't >> remove or do anything with that clogs up the system. >> >> I find that Solaris has yet to evolve with multimedia so I ended up >> setting a streaming radio station up with FreeBSD. You could keep the >> Solaris install as your host and use a FreeBSD or Linux guest in >> order to stream. If you wanted files directly from your hard drive >> then install VBox guest additions which will mean that you have access. >> >> Good luck! >> >> Kaya >> _______________________________________________ >> opensolaris-help mailing list >> opensolaris-help at opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-help mailing list > opensolaris-help at opensolaris.org
