[OpenIndiana-discuss] a few questions... flash, firefox, usb flash install, libreoffice, zfs update, suggestions

[cwjordanoi at cox.net]

---- drs grid <drs.grid at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Secondly I initially tried to install the desktop version on a usb flash
> device which did not go well the entire (default) took more than 12 hours to
> get it on the stick.  I was able to boot freeNAS off of it yesterday as well
> as a few other OS's. Also when it was finally installed - i waited 30
> minutes for it to boot up (after which i turned it off to track down a sata
> controller and extra disk). Has anyone else tried running OpenIndiana off of
> flash. I am now using a SATA disk. but how and who do i notify to have them
> look into this problem / possible bug?

I'm afraid I haven't tried booting off a usb flash drive myself, and while Google shows me some complaints about usb flash performance it's not clear to me if there is a known problem.  However, I can answer your second question, the bug and feature trackers for Openindiana are hosted on the Illumos site, here: https://www.illumos.org/projects/openindiana

> 
> 
> Third after my sata install was complete and i got networking configured,
> tried to use package manager to check for updates - it detected an update to
> ZFS 0.5.11 (Build 5.11-0.148)
> - anyhow I hit ok and got this:
> " Preparing...
> Gathering package information
> 
> Error:
> This is an Live Image. The install operation can't be performed.
> "
> Not sure what is meant by 'live image', this is an installed OS - not live
> CD... thoughts anyone?
> 

This may be a known problem, see: https://www.illumos.org/issues/879
The workaround for that bug is to run "pkg image-update" from the command line, since the bug only affects the gui.

Chris Jordan
cwjordanoi at cox.net