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Operating Systems Solaris Install using a ZFS FLAR on x86 Post 302733293 by gt71027 on Tuesday 20th of November 2012 05:13:40 AM
Old 11-20-2012
Install using a ZFS FLAR on x86

Hi,

Been rattling my brain on this one, trying to install multiple systems using the FLASH
method from a cdrom booted image s10u10, with flar image hosted on a FTP server..

System installs fine with traditional install, and can use the flash procedure using ufs image but not zfs filesystem. It goes through the motions, extracts the flar archive during solaris install then it bombs out installation program at this error :

Code:
mkdir: "/a/var/sadm/launcher": Read-only file system

/ramdisk:a is mounted on / (and is where /a is)

Any thoughts ?

TIA, gt...

Last edited by jim mcnamara; 11-20-2012 at 08:43 AM..
 

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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: 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. 23 Sep 2005 install-solaris(1M)
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