[OpenIndiana-discuss] We need install images which work!

[Reginald Beardsley]

I did just that. I hit "install" took the defaults, did a reboot and got "non-system disk or disk error". Z840 and 4 TB disk. I got that result with both 2020.10.31 and 2021.04.30. What I did is *exactly* what most new users would do. I just checked the other stuff to see if the image was consistent with the instructions.

My first step in building a new system is to do the most basic default install, see what it does and then go from there. 

Reg



On Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 02:59:38 PM CDT, Peter Tribble via openindiana-discuss <openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org> wrote:

[snip]

Assuming new users hit them. Most users simply take the obvious direct
route. If there's
a button that says "Install" they'll hit that and completely ignore
anything and everything
else that might be present.

Based on that simple workflow, the current OI gui installer (which I
haven't used for ages,
but still looks like the original OpenSolaris installer) is good enough.
It's pretty much on a par with
other distro installers (and I've run dozens of them this year already). It
could be a lot quicker,
it could be more responsive, but it's not noticeably worse in terms of
useability or functionality
or reliability than many of the current crop of Linux installers - worse
than some, better than some.
That's not necessarily a ringing endorsement, but the point is that for
most of the target audience
the sky isn't falling and I think it echos what someone (Judah?) said -
stick to the straight and
narrow and life will be easier.

-- 
-Peter Tribble
http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/

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