[rescue] Solaris 10 build 63

Patrick Giagnocavo patrick at mail.zill.net
Mon Aug 23 09:02:43 CDT 2004


On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 02:53:53AM -0500, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Bill Bradford wrote:
> 
> >You *have* to use the 3-CD install procedure now.
> 
> LAME.
> 
> WTF, Sun?  If Sun's going to ram Java down our throats for something as
> platform-specific as an OS installer (where's the benefit of write once,
> run anywhere, here?), they should at least outsource it to someone who
> can write Java with better than next-day service.

I felt like you could write something in TCL/TK in a day or two that
would be at least as nice looking and far snappier.

> Is Jumpstart still an option?

Yes, and not only that but, the installer has support for more install
methods, like FTP and HTTP.  I didn't pay a lot of attention to the
list though.

--Patrick



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