[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-*20210405.iso installer difference

[Judah Richardson]

On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 8:12 PM Nelson H. F. Beebe <beebe at math.utah.edu>
wrote:

> I reported yesterday on the 15-character limit

I saw that and meant to comment on it, but was busy. This sounds to me like
a holdover from Solaris' mission to be a drop-in solution for Active
Directory/Windows domains. Windows hostnames are limited to 15 characters.

in the text installer's
> domain name question, and easily fixed affected files in the /etc
> tree.
>
> I noticed another difference today.  The GUI installer asks nothing
> about networking, and just assumes DHCP, whereas the text installer
> asks whether dynamic or static IP addressing is desired.
>
> At our site, we always assign static addresses, so we have two-way
> communication with all machines, and can record $HOME/.ssh/config
> entries with known addresses, even if there are one or more ProxyJump
> steps needed to reach one machine from another.  We have several
> isolated private networks that otherwise are invisible to one another,
> except through strictly regulated gateway machines.
>
> Once the OpenIndiana GUI installer completed, I logged in, run the
> network configuration tool from the top toolbar icon, and switched to
> static addressing. When the tool exited, the IP address was instantly
> correct.  By contrast, on most Linux systems, in my experience, a
> reboot is normally required after a similar change.
>
> Still, it would be nice if an optional network configuration step
> could be added to the OpenIndiana GUI installer ISO image.
>
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> - Nelson H. F. Beebe                    Tel: +1 801 581 5254
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> - University of Utah                    FAX: +1 801 581 4148
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> - Department of Mathematics, 110 LCB    Internet e-mail:
> beebe at math.utah.edu  -
> - 155 S 1400 E RM 233                       beebe at acm.org
> beebe at computer.org -
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