[caiman-discuss] Successfully installed using dwarf-caiman installer

[Moinak Ghosh]

Frank Ludolph wrote:
> James Falkner wrote:
>   
>> Niall Power wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Also, the Quit button is disabled during the actual
>>> transfer phase of laying down the bits onto the disk since it's an
>>> easy way to brickify the system :)
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>> The system is theoretically brickified from the moment you press
>> Install until the final package is installed :)
>>   
>>     
> An early quit could brick the whole disk if the partition table is in 
> transition. It might be reasonable to re-enable the Quit button once 
> past that point, in conjunction with a strongly worded confirmation dialog.
>   

   I think this will be reasonable. I think users do realize that things 
won't work
   if they cancel an install midway. It saves time, if for some reason 
you want to
   go back change something and restart the install. Without a quit you are
   either stuck for 45mins or reach for the power button.

   One small thing that will help avoid brickification is to toggle the 
Solaris
   partition active flag at the end of install. That way if you cancel 
in between
   you can still boot the existing partition that is still active.

Regards,
Moinak.

> Frank
>   
>> -jhf-
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