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Operating Systems Solaris Jumpstart issues, help please.
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Old 10-22-2009
The w at the end of the following makes the JumpStart process stay on character mode:

Code:
ok> boot net - install imagename w

w is to be replaced by nowin at some point.
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NAME
install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system SYNOPSIS
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