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Flash Archives - A little bit of help :-)
Hi all
Okay, I know how to make flash archives, and I even know how to split them and extract files. But, Ive never used one to restore an OS drive and I might have to.
Ive search around google, and seen different ideas / ways, but havent really come to a definate answer. So, lets imagine Ive got a complete flash archive of my root drive. The root drive fails, and I need to restore the flash.
How do I do that ? Ive read that we pop in the dvd, boot up the system in mini root and during the installation process it asks you if you want to install via a flash archive and gives you options, nfs, local, tape, etc etc.
If my flash archive lives on another server, do I have to nfs share this out, then put this share / server name into the install question ? if so, what is the format ? When you tick the NFS option, does it open up another box asking for the server /mount name ? or does it search the network for nfs mounts ?
Being honest, the last build I did, via cd, was a solaris 2.6 server years ago :-) I recently did a few x86 builds of solaris 10. So, my buid knowlegde is rusty :-)
So, any how too's, tips, advice would be grateful.
SBK