[indiana-discuss] A Couple of Newbie Questions

[James Cornell]

Kevin Monceaux wrote:
> James, and other Indiana Fans,
>
> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008, James Cornell wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi Kevin.  There's a long document regarding root zfs that I vaguely 
>> remember which was before it was integrated saying that you'd create a 
>> bootstrap ufs partition to house grub and boot the rpool from there, 
>> using 99% of the rest of the space on the pool.  Maybe someone here 
>> knows what I'm, talking about and can point you in the right direction 
>> regarding this option, though keep in mind this is not for Indiana. SXCE 
>> has zfs root support, and is still a better option IMHO for most 
>> purposes, at least until they respin Indiana and make the installer less 
>> dorky with regards to partitioning.  With SXCE you can use the old 
>> installer and configure a lot more.
>>     
>
> I suspect much of my difficulties in setting things up the way I want them 
> is due to the inflexibility of the Indiana installer.  I should probably 
> mention that I don't hold this against the Indiana team at all.  Indiana 
> is a work in progress, and hopefully anyone trying to use it in it's 
> current state realizes that.  While on the subject of installers, can I 
> throw in my $0.02?  I know, I'm old fashioned, but I personally prefer 
> text based installers such as those used by Debian, FreeBSD, etc.  Well, 
> actually, I prefer programs with text based user interfaces in general. 
> I'm typing this e-mail in Alpine.  Of course, many of my personal 
> preferences might make people think I'm a bit odd.  I work as an IBM 
> mainframe operator, in a z/OS shop, and although there are only a few left 
> here in the computer room I'm still quite fond of 3179 dumb terminals.  I 
> especially like their keyboards.  At home I'm still using an IBM model M 
> keyboard I got back in the 486 days.  Add to that the fact that almost 
> every vehicle I've ever owned has had a standard transmission, I shave 
> with a straight razor, and have twelve dogs and things just keep getting 
> odder and odder.  :-)
>
> Okay, sorry for veering so far off topic.  I've been searching the net, 
> unsuccessfully so far, trying to find the article you mentioned.  It 
> sounds like SXCE might be worth a try until Indiana's installer gains more 
> features.  If anyone could point me towards the article in question I'd 
> appreciate it.
>
>
>
> Kevin
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> Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.
> Longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla!!!
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No worries, I have a liking for some of the nostalgic memories, but at 
the same time I do adopt technology and make some compromises when it 
doesn't impact my workflow and delivers some reasons that are 
worthwhile.  I have an IBM Model M from my IBM Personal System/2 Model 
30 (8MHz 80286, 640K memory, 30mb disk)  I also like my SGI Granite 
keyboard and mouse for my R12K Octane2.

James