I am *extremely* fussy about system builds. So any install on a new system is
commonly several iterations to get the desired result. An example would be
folding the automounter tables so
/app/bin resolved to the correct binaries for any of 6 different flavors of
Unix stored in /app/${ARCH}/bin via NFS along with ${HOME}. 6 xterms using the
same ${HOME} on 6 flavors of HW.
On my 3/60 running 4.1.1a I ran 2 ESDI drives per Emulex SCSI-ESDI adapter in
the shoebox. Unit 0 and unit 1 per SCSI ID. I noticed the references to unit 0
& 1 in the install process. 4 shoeboxes on 6 ft SCSI cables was not reliable. 3
worked reliably. 4 exceeded the bus length limit.
I do *not* simply accept whatever the installer does. I design the system
configuration after I have looked at what the installer and OS do. That's at
least 2 installs best case if it's anything more than "tire kicking".
The installer has no hope of knowing what else you are running or how the
filesystem needs to be laid out. That's very environment specific.
Before zpool boot appeared I ran a 3 way mirror for rpool and RAIDZ1 for
everything else booting from the same 3 disks. That's how my S10_u8 system is
configured along with a 3 TB non-RAID scratch space on a 4th drive.
"Unix is very user friendly. It's just picky about its friends." - some long
forgotten Usenet .sig
Have Fun!
Reg
On Sunday, August 17, 2025 at 02:37:55 PM CDT, Peter Tribble
<[email protected]> wrote:
On Sun, Aug 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM Reginald Beardsley via openindiana-discuss
<[email protected]> wrote:
I presume setting up a new system will take several days. Several weeks was a
bit much.
Days? I would expect minutes (5 if you're all set, maybe 15 if you have to
fiddle
or have unknown hardware). Anything much beyond that and I would need a damn
good reason to persist.
Sadly, the installation experience in the Linux world is pretty mediocre. It
needs
to be given some competition.
--
-Peter Tribble
http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/
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