[OpenIndiana-discuss] Updated NVIDIA drivers

[Tim Mooney]

In regard to: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Updated NVIDIA drivers, Till...:

> Roughly yes.
>
> Or follow the guide at:
> http://docs.openindiana.org/dev/distribution-constructor/

That is indeed where I started, but there's a lot that document doesn't
say.  As someone that's never been through the process with
distribution-constructor, I was hoping to avoid a bunch of trial and
error.

I'll update and install distribution-constructor and give it a try.

Tim

> On 19.03.21 18:08, Tim Mooney via openindiana-discuss wrote:
>> In regard to: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Updated NVIDIA drivers, Andreas...:
>> 
>>> As the next OI Hipster release is scheduled for end of April we don't
>>> provide new boot images yet.
>> 
>> Andreas & others-
>> 
>> If I wanted to start testing the current state of boot images,
>> would
>>
>>      pkg update # followed by a reboot
>>      pkg install distribution-constructor
>>      sudo distro_const build slim_cd_x86.xml
>> 
>> be the best early approximation of the new boot images?  Obviously
>> not everything that will be in 2021.04 has landed yet, but are those
>> steps reasonable, to give me images that will be similar to 2021.04?
>> 
>> I ask because I've been making periodic trips to my workplace's
>> datacenter, as we're retiring some systems and getting ready for network
>> changes.  I would have several opportunities to test OI images on
>> both old and new hardware we have.
>> 
>> I expect that it's going to take some time and some back-and-forth
>> with you, Toomas, and others to troubleshoot some of the issues we've
>> seen in the past, especially with the USB images.  I would like to get
>> started on that process.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Tim
>
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