OpenSolaris

1. Project: Caiman, Solaris Install Revisited
   1. Developer Information
   2. Discussions
   3. Install Downloads
   4. Caiman Program Meeting
      1. Caiman Program Meeting Minutes
         1. MInutes from 2007 meetings
   5. Automated Installation Project
      1. Automated Installer Team Meeting
      2. Automated Installation Documentation
         1. installadm(1M)
      3. Design Notes
         1. AI Overview
         2. Network Image Design
         3. Network Protocols
         4. AI SMF Services
         5. AI Engine
         6. AI Manifest, Rules and System Configuration
         7. AI Utilities
         8. AI SPARC Support
      4. Ai Requirements, June 2008
      5. Automated Installer Requirements-Initial
      6. Automated Installer Prototype
      7. Automated Installation Testing
   6. Distribution Constructor Project
      1. Distribution Constructor Meetings
      2. Distribution Constructor Documentation
         1. Getting Started
      3. Design Notes
         1. Language Notes
         2. TI_Notes
         3. transfer_Notes
         4. Enhanced SMF Profile Research Notes
         5. Finalizer Prototype
   7. Slim Install Project
      1. Slim Install Meetings
         1. Minutes for Aug 8
         2. Minutes from Aug 21
         3. Minutes from Aug 28
         4. Minutes from Sep 4
         5. Minutes from Sept 11
         6. Minutes from Sept 25
         7. Minutes from Jan 15 2008
         8. Minutes Jan 22
         9. Minutes from Feb 5
         10. Minutes from March 11
      2. Slim Install Documentation
         1. Welcome to Indiana!
            1. Roadmap
            2. System Requirements
            3. Prototype Limitations
            4. Multiboot Prep
            5. Partitioning
            6. How to Install
            7. nwam(1) Man Page
            8. GParted
            9. Parallels
      3. Slim Install Announcements
      4. UI Specification
      5. Slim UI Roadmap
      6. Issues Tracked for Oct 2007
   8. Snap Upgrade Project
      1. Meetings
         1. Minutes
      2. Snap Upgrade Documentation
      3. Design notes, Thoughts etc...
         1. Upgrading Containers Requirements
      4. Snap Upgrade Test
   9. Caiman on SPARC
      1. SPARC meeting minutes
   10. Dwarf Caiman Project
       1. Dwarf Project Team Meetings
       2. Dwarf Caiman Demo Page
   11. Leaders
   12. Blogs
   13. Files
   14. Observers
   15. Events
   16. News

OpenSolaris Project: Caiman, Solaris Install Revisited

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Project Observers

Endorsing communities

Device Drivers
Installation and Packaging
Logical Domains
Testing

Caiman is the code name for the program, and set of projects, to create a new OpenSolaris installation experience. The working ideas center on concepts such as:

• Updated and simplified graphical and text user interfaces which carry Sun's current branding
• Integrated hardware compatibility testing
• Integrated live CD/DVD experience to provide a "try before you buy" capability
• Deep integration with the latest Solaris features, such as ZFS and SMF
• Simplified system configuration, integrated with the post-installation experience
• Simple, fast, and reliable installation of additional software after installation

The problems which Caiman is attempting to solve are described in the Solaris Installation Strategy

An early architecture document from October 2006 is available for review. An update is intended.

Weekly program team meetings are held and are open to all interested. We can also be contacted in real time via IRC on the #caiman-discuss channel at chat.freenode.net.

Come join or browse the discussion list!

Further Reading

• See the Developer Information page for information on how to access the source code and contribute
• OSOL Install wiki – An OpenSolaris Installer Space is available on wikis.sun.com for installer related TOIs and other documents.

Current Projects

Please see the page for each project for current plans and status.

• Slim Install
• Distribution Constructor
• Snap Upgrade
• Automated Installation
• Caiman on SPARC

Completed Projects

• Dwarf Caiman

Blogs

evanl - OpenSolaris 2008.11 SNAP changes

Dec 12, 12:48 PM

We've made some significant changes and improvements for this release of SNAP (Boot Environment management). I've outlined some of these changes and given some short descriptions. - Creating a new BE ...

dminer - Constructing an OpenSolaris Distro

Dec 10, 6:32 AM

In recognition of today's official launch of OpenSolaris 2008.11 , I thought I'd write a bit about the new tool used to build the various images you can download , known as the Distribution ...

dminer - OpenSolaris 2008.11 RC2

Nov 22, 8:32 AM

Late yesterday we released the second release candidate for 2008.11, see the announcement mail for the links and so on: [indiana-discuss] pkg.opensolaris.org package repository update (build ...

dminer - OpenSolaris 2008.11 Release Candidate

Nov 8, 2:17 PM

Last night we posted the first release candidate build for the 2008.11 release.  The announcement message has the details on how to get it and so on.  One very important limitation to point out is ...

clayb - Creating OpenSolaris USB Sticks Is Easy!

Oct 26, 9:05 PM

Putting OpenSolaris on a USB stick is part of the distribution constructor project. It's very simple, however, right now, one must be running on a Solaris host; though there are some interesting ways ...