# [OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS r151022 is now out!

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

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    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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