[OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS r151022 is now out!

Michael Rasmussen mir at miras.org
Mon May 15 17:47:43 UTC 2017


Have you rebooted once more?

On May 15, 2017 6:49:40 PM GMT+02:00, Dominik Hassler <hasslerd at gmx.li> wrote:
>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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