[OpenIndiana-discuss] Hipster 2020.10 text installer FAIL #3

John D Groenveld groenveld at acm.org
Mon Mar 1 18:10:01 UTC 2021


In message <1586327972.1670525.1614620699316 at mail.yahoo.com>, Reginald Beardsle
y via openindiana-discuss writes:
>FWIW  I created a series of slices using "format -e" with an EFI label.  No is
>sues encountered, nor did I encounter any issues with creating pools on them a
>s can be seen from the console output.
>
>However, when I run the text installer on the Desktop LiveImage I am not able 
>to select anything except the entire disk.  I read the F6_help and tested all 
>the options allowed.  With an EFI label I *must* use the entire disk.

With the text installer from the text ISO, you can choose option 3
to escape to a shell, format and create and export your rpool,
then exit back to the installation menu and select option 1 to
install OI.
Then choose F5 to install to your existing rpool.

John
groenveld at acm.org



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