[rescue] Solaris 10 build 63

Brian Howe bwhowe at gmail.com
Mon Aug 23 10:35:02 CDT 2004


Not trying to start a battle here, but it only a beta release. 

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 10:02:43 -0400, Patrick Giagnocavo
<patrick at mail.zill.net> wrote:
> 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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