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
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