Example 14-4 Creating an x86 Install Server With a SPARC DVD

The following example illustrates how to create an x86 install server by copying the Solaris SPARC Platform Edition DVD to the install server's /export/home/dvdsparc directory:

# mkdir -p /export/home/dvdscparc
# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/Solaris_9/Tools
# ./setup_install_server /export/home/dvdsparc

Add the following path to the /etc/dfs/dfstab file:

share -F nfs -o ro,anon=0 -d "install server directory" /export/home/dvdsparc 

Check if the nfsd daemon is running. If the nfsd daemon is not running, start it and share it.

# ps -ef | grep nfsd 
# /etc/init.d/nfs.server start
# shareall 
# cd /

Creating a Boot Server on a Subnet With a DVD Image

You must create an install server to install the Solaris software on a system from the network. You do not always need to set up a boot server. A boot server contains enough of the boot software to boot systems from the network, and then the install server completes the installation of the Solaris software.

• If you are using DHCP to set installation parameters or your install server or client is on the same subnet as the install server, you do not need a boot server. Proceed to Adding Systems to Be Installed From the Network With a DVD Image.

• If your install server and your client are not on the same subnet and you are not using DHCP, you must create separate boot servers for each subnet. You could create an install server for each subnet; however, install servers require more disk space.

To Create a Boot Server on a Subnet With a DVD Image

1. On the system you intend to make the boot server for the subnet, log in and become superuser.

   The system must have access to a remote Solaris 9 disc image, which is normally the install server. If you use a name service, the system should also be in a name service. If you do not use a name service, you must distribute information about this system by following your site's policies.

2. Mount the Solaris DVD from the install server.

   # mount -F nfs -o ro server_name:path /mnt

   
   

   server_name:path

   Is the install server name and absolute path to the disc image

3. Create a directory for the boot image.

   # mkdir -p boot_dir_path

   
   

   boot_dir_path

   Specifies the directory where the boot software is to be copied

4. Change to the Tools directory on the Solaris DVD image.

   # cd /mnt/Solaris_9/Tools

   
   

5. Copy the boot software to the boot server.

   # ./setup_install_server -b boot_dir_path

   
   

   -b	Specifies to set up the system as a boot server
   boot_dir_path	Specifies the directory where the boot software is to be copied

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   Note - The setup_install_server command indicates whether you have enough disk space available for the images. To determine available disk space, use the df -kl command.

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6. Change directories to root (/).

   # cd /

   
   

7. Unmount the installation image.

   # umount /mnt

   
   

   You are now ready to set up systems to be installed from the network. See Adding Systems to Be Installed From the Network With a DVD Image.

Example 14-5 Creating a Boot Server on a Subnet (DVD)

The following example illustrates how to create a boot server on a subnet. These commands copy the boot software from the Solaris DVD image to /export/home/dvdsparc on the local disk of a boot server named crystal.

# mount -F nfs -o ro crystal:/export/home/dvdsparc /mnt 
# mkdir -p  /export/home/dvdsparc
# cd /mnt/Solaris_9/Tools
# ./setup_install_server -b /export/home/dvdsparc
# cd /
# umount /mnt

Adding Systems to Be Installed From the Network With a DVD Image

After you create an install server and, if necessary, a boot server, you must set up each system that you want to install from the network. Each system that you want to install needs to find the following:

• Install server

• Boot server if it is required

• sysidcfg file if you use a sysidcfg file to preconfigure system information

• Name server if you use a name service to preconfigure system information

• The profile in the JumpStart directory on the profile server if you are using the custom JumpStart installation method

Use the following add_install_client procedure for setting up install servers and clients. Also, see the example procedures for the following:

• If you are using DHCP to set installation parameters, see Example 14-6.

• If your install server and client are on the same subnet, see Example 14-7.

• If your install server and your client are not on the same subnet and you are not using DHCP, see Example 14-8.

• If you are using DHCP to set installation parameters for x86 clients, see Example 14-9.

• If you want to use a specific serial port to display output during the installation of an x86-based system, see Example 14-10.

• If you want to set up an x86 client to use a specific network interface during the installation, see Example 14-11.

For more options to use with this command, see the man page, add_install_client(1M).