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Operating Systems Solaris Network DVD booting? Post 302553893 by NooK on Friday 9th of September 2011 06:01:59 AM

09-09-2011

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So what you are saying is that it is not possible and that network booting is only really possible when installing Solaris itself?

It's strange how the Solaris installation DVD is 4.5 Gb in size (or so) but this second bootable dvd is only 2.5 Gb yet it tried to perform a full Solaris installation.

I am guessing that this second dvd is a slightly modified version of the original Solaris DVD (Like a flash archive but not exactly) since it has most of the directories found inside the original Solaris DVD.

If anybody has any idea on how I could inspect what is inside this DVD and what exactly it is doing/running when you bot from it physically, I'd appreciate any tips. Maybe I can mount the ISO file inside the server and run everything manually without actually having to boot into it.

EDIT: OK after some more digging, it seems that the DVD is simply making using of a flash archive file (.flar). I can find instructions on how to deploy the flar over the network using WAN via a install server and also web server. Is there any way to deploy the flar over LAN using similar methods I described above for Solaris installation without requiring a web server or any simpler way than having to configure web server, creating miniroot, using jumpstart and so forth?

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suninstall

suninstall(1M)						  System Administration Commands					    suninstall(1M)

NAME

       suninstall - install the Solaris operating system

SYNOPSIS

       suninstall

DESCRIPTION

       install-solaris(1M) is now the preferred command for starting and restarting the Solaris Installation program. It should be used instead of
       suninstall. suninstall is symbolically linked to install-solaris.

       suninstall is a forms-based and graphical subsystem for installing the operating system.

       suninstall exists only on the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should only be invoked from there. Refer to the Solaris 10 Instal-
       lation Guide: Basic Installations for more details.

       suninstall allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. suninstall loads the software available on the installa-
       tion media. Refer to the Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations for disk space requirements.

USAGE

       Refer to the Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations for more information on the various menus and selections.

ATTRIBUTES

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

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

SEE ALSO

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

       Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations

NOTES

       It is advisable to exit suninstall by means of the exit options in the suninstall menus.

SunOS 5.10							    9 Sep 2004							    suninstall(1M)