Kevin Monceaux wrote: > James, and other Indiana Fans, > > On Sun, 13 Jul 2008, James Cornell wrote: > > >> Hi Kevin. There's a long document regarding root zfs that I vaguely >> remember which was before it was integrated saying that you'd create a >> bootstrap ufs partition to house grub and boot the rpool from there, >> using 99% of the rest of the space on the pool. Maybe someone here >> knows what I'm, talking about and can point you in the right direction >> regarding this option, though keep in mind this is not for Indiana. SXCE >> has zfs root support, and is still a better option IMHO for most >> purposes, at least until they respin Indiana and make the installer less >> dorky with regards to partitioning. With SXCE you can use the old >> installer and configure a lot more. >> > > I suspect much of my difficulties in setting things up the way I want them > is due to the inflexibility of the Indiana installer. I should probably > mention that I don't hold this against the Indiana team at all. Indiana > is a work in progress, and hopefully anyone trying to use it in it's > current state realizes that. While on the subject of installers, can I > throw in my $0.02? I know, I'm old fashioned, but I personally prefer > text based installers such as those used by Debian, FreeBSD, etc. Well, > actually, I prefer programs with text based user interfaces in general. > I'm typing this e-mail in Alpine. Of course, many of my personal > preferences might make people think I'm a bit odd. I work as an IBM > mainframe operator, in a z/OS shop, and although there are only a few left > here in the computer room I'm still quite fond of 3179 dumb terminals. I > especially like their keyboards. At home I'm still using an IBM model M > keyboard I got back in the 486 days. Add to that the fact that almost > every vehicle I've ever owned has had a standard transmission, I shave > with a straight razor, and have twelve dogs and things just keep getting > odder and odder. :-) > > Okay, sorry for veering so far off topic. I've been searching the net, > unsuccessfully so far, trying to find the article you mentioned. It > sounds like SXCE might be worth a try until Indiana's installer gains more > features. If anyone could point me towards the article in question I'd > appreciate it. > > > > Kevin > http://www.RawFedDogs.net > http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org > Bruceville, TX > > Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes. > Longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla!!! > > _______________________________________________ > indiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss > No worries, I have a liking for some of the nostalgic memories, but at the same time I do adopt technology and make some compromises when it doesn't impact my workflow and delivers some reasons that are worthwhile. I have an IBM Model M from my IBM Personal System/2 Model 30 (8MHz 80286, 640K memory, 30mb disk) I also like my SGI Granite keyboard and mouse for my R12K Octane2.
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