Grant Zhang wrote: > Additionally the iSCSI related packages(both initiator and target) are > not in the .iso.
yes... i found the iscsit .tar ball on opensolaris.org. i was thinking they were IPS pkgs ... for some reason... but they are SVR4 pkgs which i pkgadd'd using some random partial-order. i had to reboot 2 times to get the stmf and iscsit SMF services to go Online, fyi. /andrew > > Meta-packages would certainly be helpful. However, if the storage > packages are needed during boot/installation, the problem will arise if > the packages are not in the .iso. Taken the iSCSI boot as an example. > > Hopefully at least the initiators(not limited to iscsi) will be added > back to the next opensolaris release. > > Peter Buckingham wrote: >> Hi Andrew, >> >> andrew rutz wrote: >> >>> hi, >>> I just downloaded and setup the OS.2008.11 .iso in a >>> virtual-box VM. >>> >>> SUNWstmf package was not present. i had to run >>> >>> # pkg install SUNWstmf >>> >>> to obtain the bits. >>> >>> stmf was putback in build-90. why isn't the stmf package >>> in the .iso? >>> >> >> There is a distinction between what's in the iso and what's in the >> repostiory. Not every package is installed by default. I guess it might >> be time to update some documentation on the project page, etc to make >> this clear. >> >> The other thing we've done to make things simpler is to create a few >> meta-packages/clusters for NAS and all storage packages. This simplifies >> the install for storage type developers. We could potentially provide >> more of these in the future. >> >> peter >> _______________________________________________ >> storage-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss >> _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
