[zfs-discuss] Re: Re: zfs boot image conversion kit is posted

2007-05-01 Thread Mike Walker
i am attempting to install b62 from the b62_zfsboot.iso that was posted last week. > > Mike makes a good point. We have some severe > problems > with build 63. I've been hoping to get an answer for > what's > going on with it, but so far, I don't have one. > > So, note to everyone: for zfs b

[zfs-discuss] Re: Re: zfs boot image conversion kit is posted

2007-04-30 Thread Mike Walker
no errors that i could see. I'm going to re-try it w/o the cluster line. i'm not sure if that line is required or not. > > The only big difference I see between what you did > and what I did was I didn't have the cluster > line.On reboot, mine said something like > 'Solaris nv_b62'Is it possib

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Re: zfs boot image conversion kit is posted

2007-04-26 Thread Brian Hechinger
On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 09:09:21AM +1200, Ian Collins wrote: > > Or an alternative CD1, for those of us who do network installs after > booting from CD. I have a question about that. This is how I do all my installs, and in fact I just did this on a machine at work (to be a temporary NFS server

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Re: zfs boot image conversion kit is posted

2007-04-26 Thread Ian Collins
Lori Alt wrote: > Benjamin Perrault wrote: > >> Don't mean to be a pest - but is there an eta on when the >> b62_zfsboot.iso will be posted? >> I'm really looking forward to ZFS root, but I'd rather download a >> working dvd image then attempt to patch the image myself :-) > > Actually, we hadn't

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Re: zfs boot image conversion kit is posted

2007-04-26 Thread Lori Alt
Benjamin Perrault wrote: Don't mean to be a pest - but is there an eta on when the b62_zfsboot.iso will be posted? I'm really looking forward to ZFS root, but I'd rather download a working dvd image then attempt to patch the image myself :-) Actually, we hadn't planned to release zfsboot dvd

[zfs-discuss] Re: Re: zfs boot image conversion kit is posted

2007-04-26 Thread Benjamin Perrault
Don't mean to be a pest - but is there an eta on when the b62_zfsboot.iso will be posted? I'm really looking forward to ZFS root, but I'd rather download a working dvd image then attempt to patch the image myself :-) cheers and thanks, -bp This message posted from opensolaris.org _

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Re: zfs boot image conversion kit is posted

2007-04-20 Thread Shawn Walker
remember that solaris express can only be distributed by authorized parties. On 20/04/07, MC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now the original question by MC I belive was about providing VMware and/or Xen image with guest OS being snv_62 with / as zfs. This is true. I'm not sure what Jim meant abo

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Re: zfs boot image conversion kit is posted

2007-04-20 Thread Brian Hechinger
On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 12:25:30PM -0700, MC wrote: > > > I will setup a VM image that can be downloaded (I hope to get it done > tomorrow, but if not definitely by early next week) and played with > by anyone who is interested. > > That would be golden, Brian. Let me know if you can't get suita

[zfs-discuss] Re: Re: zfs boot image conversion kit is posted

2007-04-20 Thread MC
> Now the original question by MC I belive was about providing VMware and/or Xen image with guest OS being snv_62 with / as zfs. This is true. I'm not sure what Jim meant about the host system needing to support zfs. Maybe you're on a different page, Jim :) > I will setup a VM image that can b

[zfs-discuss] Re: Re: zfs boot image conversion kit is posted

2007-04-19 Thread Anton B. Rang
A virtual machine can be thought of as a physical machine with the hardware removed. ;-) To set up a VMware virtual machine, for instance, you'd just (a) start with a VM with a blank disk, (b) install OpenSolaris, (c) configure as desired. I think this is all the original poster is suggesting.