[OpenIndiana-discuss] How to install a different OS version from scratch, NOT as an upgrade, in a separate BE (or however one might do it) on an OSol B134 machine

[Gary Gendel]

Yes.  You can use the install_openindiana script from here:

http://www.belenix.org/binfiles/install_openindiana

This will create a new BE and install a fresh copy of indiana in it.  It 
really is a life-saver.

Gary

On 1/25/11 8:27 AM, Hans J. Albertsson wrote:
> I have an installation of OpenSolaris b134, with lots of addons: 
> SunRay Software, mplayer, VirtualBox... almost anything I could find 
> got installed.
> Make no mistake: it is ALL useful to me and my users, so there isn't 
> anything that can be removed out-of-hand.
>
> But: We do want to move on! OI b148 is my target, right now.
>
> I have tried to upgrade from OSol b134 to OI b147 or b148 since OI 
> became available. I have tried everything and it's aunts, to NO avail.
>
> Is there a way to install a separate OI b148 from scratch? Like 
> installing from the bootable DVD iso, on the same machine, w/o 
> interfering with the existing OSol b134 environment.
> Is there a way to create an empty Boot Environment and install onto 
> that? Or can one do it in some other, involved way?
>
>
>
> Note:
> In the last few months, I have received massive amounts of "advice" on 
> upgrading b134->b148, but none of the advice has been in any way useful.
>
> SO:
>
> I have given up on the upgrade path, at least unless someone can 
> actually provide some insight and/or sources of knowledge on how the 
> upgrade works, what could trip it up and what one can do to push past 
> any problems.
>
>
>
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