On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 22:23:20 -0700, Patrick Morris <trick@adonis.net> wrote: [...] > Not likely, especially if you've never even tried it before on Solaris. yeah. setting up a jumpstart server requires some understanding of what's going on during a network boot of sunos/solaris. > It's possible to kludge if you set all the right things correctly (ARP, > reverse ARP, NFS, bootparams, etc.), but it's not something you'll > probably be able to pull off without really thorough experience of how > a Solaris install server works. well, it's not that difficult. after the "boot net - install", the following happens: * RARP request to get IP address * TFTP request to RARP server (and a broadcast, if that fail. though i never managed to get the broadcast to work) * bootparams query for NFS path of mini-root * NFS mount of mini-root * bootup * sysid runs, with bootparams you can specify a sysidcfg file to make it non-interactive, otherwise an interactive sysid * bootparams query to find out where the jumpstart config and the CD contents are (both NFS paths) * NFS mount config and CD * suninstall is installing. interactive or non-interactive, depending on config. so, you need to configure * a RARP server * a TFTP server * a bootparams server * a NFS server * a jumpstart server (run setup_install_server from the CD for that) RARP is linux specific. TFTP and bootparams can be done with add_install_client. if it does not run, look into the code to see what should be done. NFS is documented (ro share, whith anon=0 on solaris. dunno the linux equiv.). > None of the scripts that make an install > server easy to set up and maintain will work on Linux (setup_install_server, > add_install_client, etc., are all Solaris-specific enough that they'll > definitely bomb under another OS). i was actually able to get setup_install_server and the one on the 2nd CD (addto_install_server or something like that) to run on debian with minor modification. i never tried the add_install_client, as i do that by hand. -- Thomas 'Mike' Michlmayr | ignorami: n: The BOFH art of folding problem <mike+sig@cluon.priv.at> | lusers into representational shapes.
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