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Operating Systems Solaris Help me, please! Solaris 10 hands-off installation from a bootable DVD Post 302185049 by Przemek on Monday 14th of April 2008 06:12:06 AM
Old 04-14-2008
Help me, please! Solaris 10 hands-off installation from a bootable DVD

Hello,

I have a problem with installing the Solaris 10 using a bootable DVD with a flar archive. I want this installation to be totally hands-off, but unfortunately after I run this boot command at the ok prompt:

ok boot cdrom - install ...

the system is rebooted and the interactive Solaris Installation Program is launched:

-- The Solaris Installation Program

The Solaris installation program is divided into a series of short sections
where you'll be prompted to provide information for the installation. At
the end of each section, you'll be able to change the selections you've
made before continuing.

About navigation...
- The mouse cannot be used
- If your keyboard does not have function keys, or they do not
respond, press ESC; the legend at the bottom of the screen
will change to show the ESC keys to use for navigation.
------------------------------------------------------------
F2_Continue F6_Help

On the next screens I have to choose the NFS4 domain:

-- NFSv4 Domain Name
------------------------------------------------------------
NFS version 4 uses a domain name that is automatically derived from the
system's naming services. The derived domain name is sufficient for most
configurations. In a few cases, mounts that cross domain boundaries might
cause files to appear to be owned by "nobody" due to the lack of a common
domain name.

The current NFSv4 default domain is: ""


NFSv4 Domain Configuration
------------------------------------------------------------
[X] Use the NFSv4 domain derived by the system
[ ] Specify a different NFSv4 domain

------------------------------------------------------------
Esc-2_Continue Esc-6_Help

After I select "Continue", the installation is proceeding automatically.
Could you please tell me what I should to to make this installation hands-free?

The sysidcfg file contains these parameters:

system_locale=C
timezone=PST8PDT
timeserver=localhost
terminal=sun-cmd
name_service=NONE
nfs4_domain=dynamic
network_interface=primary {netmask=255.255.255.0 protocol_ipv6=no}
security_policy=NONE

I have found some information in the internet, that I need to create the
.NFS4inst_state.domain file in /etc directory. But it doesn't work...
I have also read that I need to edit the post installation script, but as far as I know this script is executed after the installation, so it doesn't affect the solaris Installation Program that is launched after the first reboot.

If you could give me any tips on how to resolve yhis problem, I'd be very thankful.

Regards,
Przemek
 

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sysidtool(1M)						  System Administration Commands					     sysidtool(1M)

NAME
sysidtool, sysidnet, sysidns, sysidsys, sysidroot, sysidpm, sysidnfs4 - system configuration SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/sysidnet /usr/sbin/sysidns /usr/sbin/sysidsys /usr/sbin/sysidroot /usr/sbin/sysidpm /usr/sbin/sysidnfs4 DESCRIPTION
sysidtool is a suite of programs that configure a new system, or one that has been unconfigured with sys-unconfig(1M). The sysidtool pro- grams run automatically at system installation, or during the first boot after a machine has been successfully unconfigured. These programs have no effect except at such times, and should never be run manually. The sysidtool programs set up the appropriate information in the machine's configuration files, in the kernel, and on the machine's network interface. The following list shows the available commands and the information for which each of the commands lists. sysidnet: network configuration Machine's default locale. Machine's console type. Machine's host name. Machine's IP address. sysidns: name service configuration Name service choice: NIS, NIS+, DNS, LDAP, or none. Machine's IP subnet mask (if no NIS/NIS+ server can automatically be located on the machine's sub-network. Domain name for chosen name service. Hostname and IP address of name server(s). DNS search list (DNS name ser- vice only) sysidsys: miscellaneous system configuration Machine's IP subnet mask (if an NIS/NIS+ server was automatically located on the machine's sub-network). Machine's time zone. Date and time. sysidroot: control superuser information Machine's root password. sysidpm: power management configuration Auto-shutdown confirmation if the system is Energystar-V2 compliant, that is, a new system model shipped after October 1, 1995. sysidnfs4: NFSv4 domain configuration Domain name to be used by NFSv4 client(s) and server(s) to transmit user and group id's as strings of the general form "[user|group]@domain". sysidconfig: host- or platform-specific configuration This command controls specification and execution of custom configuration applications that can be specified for a particular host or a particular platform. See sysidconfig(1M). The sysidtool programs attempt to obtain system configuration information from various name service databases, for example, NIS, or from the sysidcfg(4) file, and you are prompted to provide the information if it cannot be found. However, you can avoid one or more of the prompts by preconfiguring the appropriate configuration information in the name service databases or in the sysidcfg(4) file. To preconfigure the information in the name service databases, you must use the name service commands or the Solstice AdminSuite tools. See Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations for more details about how to preconfigure the system configuration information. The machine's configuration information is set up in its /etc and /var files. If a system has more than one network interface, you can use sysidtool to configure all interfaces on the system. You cannot use the name service databases or the sysidcfg(4) file to suppress the Power Management configuration prompt. However, you can suppress it by creating either the /autoshutdown or /noautoshutdown file before installation reboot. Accordingly, the auto-shutdown feature is silently configured. The /autoshutdown or /noautoshutdown files are removed by sysidpm before it exits. sysidnfs4 installs /etc/.NFS4inst_state.domain upon successful configuration of the NFSv4 domain name. Existence of this file suppresses any further prompting. FILES
/etc/.UNCONFIGURED /etc/nodename /etc/hostname.??[0-9] /etc/default/init /etc/defaultdomain /etc/passwd password file. See passwd(4). /etc/shadow shadow password file. See shadow(4). /etc/inet/hosts /etc/inet/netmasks /var/nis/NIS_COLD_START /var/yp/aliases /var/yp/binding/*/ypservers /etc/.sysIDtool.state /etc/power.conf Power Management configuration file. See power.conf(4). /etc/.PM_RECONFIGURE If this file is present during system reboot, the sysidpm program is run. This file is removed by sysidpm. /etc/.NFS4inst_state.domain This file is created upon successful configuration of the NFSv4 domain. If this file is present during system reboot, the sysidnfs4 program is run but no prompts are displayed. The suppression of prompts is intended for system upgrades, in which a system configura- tion typically stays unchanged. Stability level of this interface: Obsolete ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWadmap, SUNWpmu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
powerd(1M), sys-unconfig(1M), sysidconfig(1M), passwd(4), power.conf(4), shadow(4), sysidcfg(4), attributes(5) Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations NOTES
NIS+ might not be supported in future releases of the Solaris operating system. Tools to aid the migration from NIS+ to LDAP are available in the Solaris 9 operating environment. For more information, visit http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html. SunOS 5.10 21 Oct 2004 sysidtool(1M)
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