02-22-2011
Jumpstart Issues With T5220
I'm trying to use a V210 (sun4u) configured as a jumpstart server to flash install a number of T5220's (sunv4).
The Facts:
V210 - Solaris 10 (September 2010 Release / not patched)
T5220's - Archive's created using prior (unknown) version of solaris 10.
Flar -i <archive name> shows the archives where created on the sun4v architecture.
Config Files: all necessary config files seem to be in place on the v210 - i've checked and they all look fine to me.
The symptoms:
boot net - install starts the jumpstart process
finds the mac address & client boots to install process
reads the appropriate sysidcfg file
NOW instead of decompressing the archive - it drops to an interactive install mode
for the life of me i can't see why it's not decompressing the archive - there's obviously something in the config / archive that's not configured correctly, would be gratefull for ideas.
Thanks
Nick
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NAME
install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system
SYNOPSIS
install-solaris
install-solaris invokes the Solaris Install program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation,
install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer.
The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation:
For SPARC machines:
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Minimum physical memory for all installation types
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Minimum physical memory required for windowing system
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Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation
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256 MB
Minimum physical memory for all installation types
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+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcdrom (Solaris instal- |
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+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
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+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
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