[install-discuss] text-based installer and solaris slices

2010-02-26 Thread Dave Miner
On 02/26/10 05:10 PM, Kendall Tatum wrote: >> Quotas are part of the answer (in terms of disk space consumption). How >> /var will be handled is currently a topic of discussion, the setuid aspect is >> one thing being considered. However, since you're new to OpenSolaris >> and ZFS, I'd encourage

[install-discuss] text-based installer and solaris slices

2010-02-26 Thread Bryan Allen
+-- | On 2010-02-26 14:10:16, Kendall Tatum wrote: | | Thank you for your help Dave. It has been very educational. I have been reading the ZFS documentation to learn more about ZFS and OpenSolaris. I do have another q

[install-discuss] text-based installer and solaris slices

2010-02-26 Thread Kendall Tatum
> Quotas are part of the answer (in terms of disk space consumption). How > /var will be handled is currently a topic of discussion, the setuid aspect is > one thing being considered. However, since you're new to OpenSolaris > and ZFS, I'd encourage taking some time to get familiar with the sys

[install-discuss] text-based installer and solaris slices

2010-02-24 Thread Dave Miner
On 02/23/10 07:23 PM, Kendall Tatum wrote: >> The text installer provides slice manipulation as a method for >> coexistence with existing UFS installations (and as a way to >> divvy up the disk on SPARC systems). >> >> /var and /opt can be managed via ZFS after the install >> completes. >> Currentl

[install-discuss] text-based installer and solaris slices

2010-02-23 Thread Kendall Tatum
> The text installer provides slice manipulation as a method for > coexistence with existing UFS installations (and as a way to > divvy up the disk on SPARC systems). > > /var and /opt can be managed via ZFS after the install > completes. > Currently, they are folders on the boot filesystem >

[install-discuss] text-based installer and solaris slices

2010-02-23 Thread Kendall Tatum
> On 02/22/10 06:37 PM, Kendall Tatum wrote: > > I have been experimenting with the text-based > installer build textinstaller-131b. I am trying to > create seperate /var and /opt slices, but the > installer does not let me create them. Is this by > design? > > I assume by slices you mean filesy

[install-discuss] text-based installer and solaris slices

2010-02-23 Thread Keith Mitchell
On 02/22/10 05:47 PM, Gary Mills wrote: >> /var and /opt can be managed via ZFS after the >> install completes. >> Currently, they are folders on the boot filesystem >> (rpool/ROOT/opensolaris at first install). >> > How is that possible? By copying the data from a > directory to a filesys

[install-discuss] text-based installer and solaris slices

2010-02-22 Thread Shawn Walker
On 02/22/10 06:37 PM, Kendall Tatum wrote: > I have been experimenting with the text-based installer build > textinstaller-131b. I am trying to create seperate /var and /opt slices, but > the installer does not let me create them. Is this by design? I assume by slices you mean filesystems? Th

[install-discuss] text-based installer and solaris slices

2010-02-22 Thread Gary Mills
> /var and /opt can be managed via ZFS after the > install completes. > Currently, they are folders on the boot filesystem > (rpool/ROOT/opensolaris at first install). How is that possible? By copying the data from a directory to a filesystem? That's quite awkward. > There's no > need for var

[install-discuss] text-based installer and solaris slices

2010-02-22 Thread Keith Mitchell
The text installer provides slice manipulation as a method for coexistence with existing UFS installations (and as a way to divvy up the disk on SPARC systems). /var and /opt can be managed via ZFS after the install completes. Currently, they are folders on the boot filesystem (rpool/ROOT/open

[install-discuss] text-based installer and solaris slices

2010-02-22 Thread Kendall Tatum
I have been experimenting with the text-based installer build textinstaller-131b. I am trying to create seperate /var and /opt slices, but the installer does not let me create them. Is this by design? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org