Installing With Custom JumpStart (Examples)

This chapter provides an example of setting up and installing Solaris software on both SPARC based and x86 based systems by using a custom JumpStart installation.

• Sample Site Setup

• Create an Install Server

• x86: Create a Boot Server for Marketing Systems

• Create a JumpStart Directory

• Share the JumpStart Directory

• SPARC: Create the Engineering Group's Profile

• x86: Create the Marketing Group's Profile

• Update the rules File

• Validate the rules File

• SPARC: Set Up Engineering Systems to Install From the Network

• x86: Set Up Marketing Systems to Install From the Network

• SPARC: Boot the Engineering Systems and Install Solaris 9 Software

• x86: Boot the Marketing Systems and Install Solaris 9 Software

Sample Site Setup

Figure 30-1 shows the site setup for this example.

Figure 30-1 Sample Site Setup

At this sample site, the conditions are as follows:

• SPARC: The engineering group is located on its own subnet. This group uses SPARCstation™ systems for software development.

• x86: The marketing group is located on its own subnet. This group uses x86 based systems for running word processors, spreadsheets, and other office productivity tools.

• The site uses NIS. The Ethernet addresses, IP addresses, and host names of the systems are preconfigured in the NIS maps. The subnet mask, date and time, and geographic region for the site are also preconfigured in the NIS maps.

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  Note - The peripheral devices for the marketing systems are preconfigured in the sysidcfg file.

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• Both the engineering and marketing systems are to be installed with Solaris 9 software from the network.

Create an Install Server

Because the groups need to install Solaris 9 software from the network, you make server-1 an install server for both groups. You use the setup_install_server(1M) command to copy the images to the server-1 local disk (in the /export/install directory). Copy the images from the Solaris Software CDs and the Solaris Languages CD or from the Solaris DVD.

You must copy the image from the disc to an empty directory, in these examples the sparc_9 and x86_9 directories.

Example 30-1 SPARC: Copying the Solaris 9 CDs

Insert the Solaris Software 1 of 2 SPARC Platform Edition CD in the CD-ROM drive that is attached to server-1 and type the following commands:

server-1# mkdir -p /export/install/sparc_9
server-1# cd /CD_mount_point/Solaris_9/Tools
server-1# ./setup_install_server /export/install/sparc_9

Insert the Solaris Software 2 of 2 SPARC Platform Edition CD in the CD-ROM drive that is attached to server-1 and type the following commands:

server-1# cd /CD_mount_point/Solaris_9/Tools
server-1# ./add_to_install_server /export/install/sparc_9

Insert the Solaris SPARC Platform Edition Languages CD in the CD-ROM drive that is attached to server-1 and type the following commands:

server-1# cd /CD_mount_point/Solaris_9/Tools
server-1# ./add_to_install_server /export/install/sparc_9

Example 30-2 x86: Copying the Solaris 9 CDs

Insert the Solaris Software 1 of 2 x86 Platform Edition CD in the CD-ROM drive that is attached to server-1 and type the following commands:

server-1# mkdir -p /export/install/x86_9
server-1# cd /CD_mount_point/Solaris_9/Tools
server-1# ./setup_install_server /export/install/x86_9

Insert the Solaris Software 2 of 2 x86 Platform Edition CD in the CD-ROM drive that is attached to server-1 and type the following commands:

server-1# cd /CD_mount_point/Solaris_9/Tools
server-1# ./add_to_install_server /export/install/x86_9

Insert the Solaris x86 Platform Edition Languages CD in the CD-ROM drive that is attached to server-1 and type the following commands:

server-1# cd /CD_mount_point/Solaris_9/Tools
server-1# ./add_to_install_server /export/install/x86_9

Example 30-3 SPARC: Copying the Solaris 9 DVD

Insert the Solaris SPARC Platform Edition DVD in the DVD-ROM drive that is attached to server-1 and type the following commands:

server-1# mkdir -p /export/install/sparc_9
server-1# cd /DVD_mount_point/Solaris_9/Tools
server-1# ./setup_install_server /export/install/sparc_9

Example 30-4 x86: Copying the Solaris 9 DVD

Insert the Solaris x86 Platform Edition DVD in the DVD-ROM drive that is attached to server-1 and type the following commands:

server-1# mkdir -p /export/install/x86_9
server-1# cd /DVD_mount_point/Solaris_9/Tools
server-1# ./setup_install_server /export/install/x86_9