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Operating Systems Solaris Jumpstart from DVD Post 303000228 by jnojr on Thursday 6th of July 2017 03:38:54 PM

07-06-2017

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Jumpstart from DVD

I want to have a bootable DVD that will perform a jumpstart install of Solaris 10 x86 I've mainly used JumpStart DVD (with Solaris flash archive) for x86 platform as a reference, and I used the sysidcfg, profile, rules, etc. from a working jumpstart server. For the life of me, though, I cannot get the sysidcfg file to be read! At first I was placing it in tmp/root/etc/ with the default symlink in etc/ pointing to it, and that left me at the text window prompting for a keyboard. When I deleted the symlink and copied sysidcfg to /etc in x86.miniroot, I get the GUI screen that basically lets you know it'll prompt for the stuff that goes in sysidcfg

Is there any specific file permissions or anything like that for a DVD? The content of my files is, again, EXACTLY what I have on a working jumpstart server, so I have to assume there's some additional bit of magic sauce I need with a DVD, but there is very little info out there about jumpstarting from a DVD as opposed to a server.

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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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