[OpenIndiana-discuss] what to do after install on minimal install media

Bob Friesenhahn bfriesen at simple.dallas.tx.us
Thu May 5 00:09:57 UTC 2022


On Tue, 28 Dec 2021, hput via openindiana-discuss wrote:

> I haven't been able to install from oi install media thru all of 2021.
> I finally decided to try the minimal *.iso and low and behold it
> worked.  Or I should say seems to be working ... install not complete
> yet.
>
> So what does one do with a minimal install?  Is it just a matter of
> updating to get the full OS?
>
> What is normally the reason someone installs from the minimal install media?

It provides you with complete control over the zfs root pool 
configuration, whereas the GUI does not.

You can update from there to get anything you want.

Bob
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