[OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS r151022 is now out!

[Dominik Hassler]

Hey,

after the upgrade, the boot loader is still GRUB.

I did the upgrade according to the upgrade notes. Rebooted once, did a:

$ sudo beadm activate omnios-r151022
WARNING: menu.lst file /rpool/boot/menu.lst does not exist,
          generating a new menu.lst file
Activated successfully

checked for a /etc/default/be file. there is none. Still the boot loader 
is GRUB instead of loader.



On 05/12/2017 04:50 PM, Dan McDonald wrote:
> As always, please start with the release notes:
>
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/ReleaseNotes/r151022
>
> And for this release, there are upgrade notes:
>
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/Upgrade_to_r151022
>
> This is an LTS and Stable update.  Highlights include:
>
> - BSD Loader is now available.  This has its own wiki page, including how to stick with GRUB if you think you need to.
>
> - Kayak Interactive Installer --> No more Caiman, no more F-keys & curses, and no-more hacking timezone names.  Also, one less repo to maintain for OmniOS. Kayak does it all now.
>
> - Python is now 2.7. This means an IPS/pkg(5) update too. There's a subtle, but noteworthy, update to linked-image semantics ("pkg update -r") AND upgrading non-linked-image "ipkg" zones is a bit more difficult due to the transition (chicken & egg problem with ipkg brand "attach").
>
> - Perl is now 5.24.1.
>
> - USB 3.0 support.
>
> With OmniTI withdrawing funding for OmniOS-as-product, this will be the last OmniTI-pushed "release" of OmniOS. It contains all of the most recent (as of May) illumos-gate changes, AND illumos-joyent LX brand changes.
>
> This release broke the 6-month cadence, due to Loader, Python2.7, and the need for Kayak to take over ALL installation duties.  I'm sorry for it being 1-2 months late, but I wanted to make sure these changes were comfortably in place during the 021 bloody.
>
> Because of the sheer volume of change in this release, I had to update many OmniOS wiki pages.  Here's a list of all of those I changed nontrivially due to r151022.  Please check them out to make sure I'm not missing anything...
>
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/ReleaseNotes/r151022
>
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/Installation
>
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/LXZones
>
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/Upgrade_to_r151022
>
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/NewLinkedImages
>
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/linked_images
>
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/KayakInteractive
>
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/BSDLoader
>
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/ReleaseCycle
>
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/Packaging
>
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/ReleaseNotes/
>
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/WikiStart
>
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/BuildInstructions
>
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/Maintainers
>
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/illumos-tools
>
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/buildctl
>
> 	https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/ReleaseMedia
>
> I'll have more to say about my departure from OmniTI in a distinct e-mail.
>
> Thanks, and happy upgrading!
> Dan
>
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