[TriLUG] OT: solaris 10x86 jumpstart dvd

[stan briggs]

all,

thanks for the suggestions but i'm kinda' stuck with the jumpstart DVD. i'm
building a tool that SEs can take into the field with them for
(re-)installs.

if there are any sun SEs that would like to contact me off-list i promise
not to abuse their kindness.

thanks,
stan

On 6/20/07, Kevin J. <mrkevinj at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, you can boot from a DVD iso image in the free version of VMWare
> server.
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Robert Dale <robdale at gmail.com>
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 6:46:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] OT: solaris 10x86 jumpstart dvd
>
> On 6/20/07, stan briggs <stanbriggs at gmail.com> wrote:
> > all,
> >
> > my apologies to inw'ers that have already seen this post.
> >
> > any solaris geeks out there that have done a solaris 10x86 jumpstart
> dvd?
> >
> > so far, i've been able to create one that boots and installs properly.
> now
> > i'm starting to improve the dvd and here-in lies the problem. if i build
> and
> > burn an iso image to a dvd and then boot from it it takes almost an hour
> to
> > get to the point where i get an error. i then find and fix and build and
> > burn again. another hour.
> >
> > what i would like to do is put the files that i'm changing (sysidcfg,
> > preinstall, postinstall, archiveFile.profile) on a local disk on the
> server
> > that i'm jumping, create a dvd that grabs those files and puts them in
> > place, and then continues with the jumpstart process (which, by the way,
> > does not write over the local disk).
> >
> > issues so far include:
> > 1. miniroot boots read-only and i can't see a direct way to make it
> > read-write;
> > 2. i'm not sure where in the miniroot boot process i should put the
> > mount/copy/umount commands (perhaps in miniroots /etc/rc3.d?).
> >
> > i am very open to suggestions and pointers. note that this a dvd and not
> a
> > cd and it's solaris 10.
>
> A couple options come to mind...
>
> From Linux experience, and I'm sure this is possible with solaris, is
> to netboot.
> This is simply replacing the dvd boot code with net boot code, everything
> else
> should remain the same.  The nfs mount point would have your dvd
> filesystem layout
> and should act accordingly.  Might have to change a piece of code to
> let it know not to
> try to mount a DVD.  And this of course involves two machines.
>
> A better option might be with vmware server (free version of course).  You
> can
> 'boot' from an iso image.  The part I don't know is if an iso image is
> any iso image
> (to include DVDs) or only cdrom.  If so, you can growisofs to a file
> and switch to vmware and install.  I might try this later tonight and
> see how it goes.
>
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