Updating OpenSolaris

Hello all,

in my last post I have wrote about Firefox 3 on OpenSolaris. Björn corrected me about it. Firefox3 is already  in snv_95 image.

Currently, OpenSolaris 2008.05 livecd has been with environment snv86. So, let’s learn how to update your OpenSolaris image.

• Update package list

pkg refresh

• Upgrade your environment: it will create a new image to preserve and secure your current image

pkg image-update

• After some cups of coffee (a big and boring download :/), you will see this message:

A clone of opensolaris exists and has been updated and activated.
On next boot the Boot Environment opensolaris-1 will be mounted on '/'.
Reboot when ready to switch to this updated BE.

• To see your environments, just do it:

beadm list

• Now, let’s notice the grub about the changes:

pfexec mount -F zfs rpool/ROOT/opensolaris-1 /mnt

pfexec /mnt/boot/solaris/bin/update_grub -R /mnt/

• Reboot and choice “Solaris 2008.11 snv_95 X86“