Leslie,
I completely agree, the download page is VERY UNCLEAR. It assumes
way too much, especially considering all the new tech involved (e.g.
I only found out about Auto Install yesterday after talking to a Sun
architect). At the very least, make it known that the Auto Install
CD's are not bootable (just saying it's not a live CD doesn't imply
non-bootable). Also make it clear that an x86 system is required to
install the current release on SPARC.
Not sure I agree with that last statement since we have no problem
installing OpenSolaris x86 and Sparc machines from IPS repositories on
Solaris 10 Sparc and x86 servers.
The last statement from Nick is AFAIK correct. I suspect that you are
not using Auto Install to commission SPARC systems.. IPS cannot
commission/install, but it can update.
I would suggest that then *-ai-* Auto Install downloadable images be
given a new naming convention away from "*.iso"; as this does indeed
suggest that they are a (possibly bootable) ISO image.
Regards... Sean.
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