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Old 07-02-2011
Jump Start vs Flash Archive
Hi

I'm trying to understand the difference between installation methods of Solaris 10, Jump Start vs Flash Archive ?

thx for help.
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Old 07-02-2011
For one,
Think of a flash archive as an image (hence platform specific), where as in jumpstart, pkgadd command is used to install each package on the remote system.
# 3  
Old 07-02-2011
Flash Archive is it image of file system or disk blocks on that file system ?
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Old 07-02-2011
flash archive installation is used for cloning a system. where the system will be like the master that you have made all the customization i.e. installed patches, application and other changes and made clones from. a flash archive cannot be installed in meta device systems ie. using the solaris volume management or the ZFS filesystem.

jumpstart is an automated, unattended method of installing the solaris OS. mostly used to install solaris os from the network. the installation media used by jumpstart might be from a shared installation image, ie, image of the cd or dvd installer or it can also be a flash archive.
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Old 07-02-2011
a flash archive can be installed on zfs boot!
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Old 07-02-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by DukeNuke2
a flash archive can be installed on zfs boot!
i haven't tried it.
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Old 07-02-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by DukeNuke2
a flash archive can be installed on zfs boot!
For more information see ZFS, Live Upgrade and Flash Archive - happy together at last
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