[indiana-discuss] [Fwd: Re: REVIEW installation docs 1st batch for 2008.11]

[Barbara.Lundquist at Sun.COM]

Brian,
I'm going to rename this subsection to "new installation features". I'm 
not covering all new features in
this document. Marketing will cover that info on the Live CD.

I'll look into your GRUB comments soon.

Thank you!
Barbara

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: [indiana-discuss] REVIEW installation docs 1st batch for 
2008.11
Date: 	Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:38:09 -0500
From: 	Brian Cameron <Brian.Cameron at Sun.COM>
To: 	Barbara.Lundquist at Sun.COM
CC: 	indiana-eng at sun.com <indiana-eng at sun.com>, Indiana Discuss 
<indiana-discuss at opensolaris.org>
References: 	<48F3C306.5090107 at Sun.COM>



Barbara:

Wouldn't it be good to reference the GNOME Accessibility setup guide
for users who need to further setup their system to enable
accessibility?  You can find it by running "yelp" and it is on the
main page as "GNOME Desktop Accessibility Guide".  The "GNOME
Desktop System Administration Guide" and "Desktop User Guide" are
also good initial references to point a user to read for further
information.

The "New Features in OpenSolaris 2008.11" seems a little light.

One problem that I have had is that I partition my system to have
both Windows and OpenSolaris.  I needed to reinstall Windows and
this made my GRUB bootloader get lost and my machine would just
boot into Windows.  To fix this, I needed to recover Grub with
the following commands:

1. Boot the installation CD again, and when it gets to the GRUB
    menu, type "c" to enter command mode.
2. Run the GRUB command "rootnoverify (hd0,#)" where # is the drive
    partition number of OpenSolaris (0 for the 1st partition, etc.)
3. Run the GRUB command "makeactive"
4. Run the GRUB command "chainloader +1"
5. Run the GRUB command "boot"

That might be handy to mention as troubleshooting information.
Especially since the GRUB commands to restore on Linux are a bit
different.

Brian


> Please review the 1st batch of installation documentation for 
> the 2008.11 release ASAP this week. 
> 
> 1) Getting Started With OpenSolaris 2008.11 at
> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/files/getstart.pdf
> 
> Changes in Getting Started With OpenSolaris 2008.11:
> - Please check blog links to see if any are outdated.
> - I added a New Features section with Auto Install and Distro 
> Constructor descriptions.  
> - I moved the Upgrade section into this book.
> - The IPS sections are moved to a separate book that will be reviewed
> next week.
> - The Snap Upgrade section was moved to a separate book per below.
> - Rearranged some sections and rewrote for clarity.
> - Basic installation procedures are largely unchanged.
> - Some of the doc cross-references still point to 2008.05 docs.
> 
> 2) Managing Multiple Boot Environments in OpenSolaris 2008.11 at
> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/files/snapupgrade.pdf
> 
> Changes in Managing Multiple Boot Environments in OpenSolaris 2008.11:
> - This is the former Snap Upgrade chapter with new section
> added for zones support. 
> - Upgrade section was moved out of here and into the
> Getting Started Guide.
> - Minimal changes except for new zones support section.
> 
> 
> Review docs for Auto Installer and Distro Constructor
> will be routed for review later this week.
> 
> Barbara
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