[OpenIndiana-discuss] Solaris 11 Express available

[Tom Kranz]

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Frank Middleton wrote:
> Say you try to update from Solaris 11 Express (snv 151a) to OI (snv147)?
> Could there be a problem with IPS with out of temporal order packages,
> or packages which have been forked? Presumably OI can keep track of
> the forked packages, but the temporal problem seems a bit trickier.

Actually, the problems occur at a much lower level than that, and if I
wasn't hacking about at 1am I might have stopped a moment to think it
through a bit more.

SX11 has a newer version of ZFS. When you install OpenIndiana over the
top, it refuses to recognise the disk layout, and wants to either
repartition it or blow it all away.

I just gave it a go on my hack box and it was an unexpected surprise
that put the kybosh on that test a bit too early.

Cheers,
TOM

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