The trick is to make Solaris do most of the work otherwise there will be a very large number of files to modify. So, at the very base level, it goes like this.........

Planning....count number of filesystems, get all filesystem sizes, record all VTOC's, and amount of swap configured.

Set up a 'third node' to take the ufsdump(s) and create the share.

Use 'fssnap' and 'ufsdump' to dump all filesystem(s) out to the third node.

Install the same version of Solaris on the target machine (just to ensure that it will run, OBP, hardware, compatibility, and all that). Whilst doing that get the name/type of the ethernet inferface.

Boot the target node from DVD (single-user) and format, label, and write the VTOCS for the filesystem(s) and swap.

'newfs' all the non-swap filesystems.

Manually, plumb, address, and 'up' the network interface, and mount the remote filesystem on the third node containing the ufsdumps.

'ufsrestore' all the filesystems onto the target node.

Write out the bootblock ('installboot') for this platform.

CAREFULLY modify the vfstab on the target node to ensure it tells Solaris where to find all the filesystems.

Modify the 'system' file to suit the platform.

Rename the 'hostname.<Ethernet interface>' file to the new suffix (interface name).

Delete the old device nodes (/dev/dsk/c*, /dev/rdsk/c*, /dev/cfg/c* , etc) and recreate to suit the target platform (devfsadm).

Double check everything and when happy, shutdown the system.

If you haven't changed the ip address on this configuration ensure the original machine is shut down. This will use the same ip address.

On the very first boot, ensure to use the -r switch:

Code:

boot -r

to warn Solaris that it needs to reconfigure to sort out our mess. Make a coffee and wait for Solaris to sort everything out.

I hope that helps. If you need any of this expanding as you are doing it then post your questions back.