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Operating Systems Solaris Network DVD booting? Post 302553795 by NooK on Thursday 8th of September 2011 05:15:36 PM

09-08-2011

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Network DVD booting?

Hello guys.

As my first post I'd like to briefly day that I work with unix relatively often but nothing too advanced however I am an enthusiast and learn quickly.

After doing some reading I was able today (For the first time) to perform a network solaris installation (Solaris 10) by using another solaris server as the install server.

My problem starts in the fact that my next step is usually to boot from a second DVD which performs a veritas SF installation. This usually goes by me booting into the DVD (By running "boot cdrom - install" from the OK prompt) and after a few seconds I get a question of which disk to install Veritas to and then it starts extracting the whole thing.

After I found out that this DVD also contains the Solaris_10/Tools directory, I proceeded to create the install server, adding the client machine and then doing "boot net - install". Everything looked fine except that instead of getting the question of where to install Veritas and then the extraction, I was thrown inside the Solaris installation procedure again (Asking which nic interfaces to configure and so forth).

What am I doing wrong? How can I boot a DVD from the network in the exact same way that it would have booted from the physical media?

For information, this is Sparc Solaris 10, platform is sun4v, on a T5220 Sun machine.
I am not using jumpstart, no configuration files or anything. Oh and if anybody is wondering the reason I am booting from the network is because the DVD reader of the second server is broken and it usually takes too long to replace so I am trying to cut down on time (Plus I am eager to learn).

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NooK

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install-solaris(1M)													       install-solaris(1M)

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:

       128 MB

	   Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       128 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       384 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       For x86 machines:

       256 MB

	   Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       256 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       512 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number  of  fea-
       tures available.

       install-solaris	exists	only  on  the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the  for more
       details.

       install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the
       installation media. Refer to the  for disk space requirements.

       Refer to the  for more information on the various menus and selections.

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcdrom  (Solaris instal-  |
       |			     |lation media)		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5)

       It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus.

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