Thanks Alok but if I understand things correctly, to have an IPS repository I need to have a depot server setup which means I need OpenSolaris already installed. I am working on a closed network, so the only IPS repository I will be able to get to is an internal one which I setup, *after* I get an initial OpenSolaris server installed on sparc. So I can't use an IPS repository for the initial install.
Am I missing something in the above? Cheers Frank Alok Aggarwal wrote: > > On Sun, 18 Oct 2009, Moinak Ghosh wrote: > >> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Frank Allan <frank.allan at sun.com> >> wrote: >>> I have been using ZFS root on sparc using both Nevada and Solaris 10 >>> for quite some time. >>> I am in an environment where setting up an x86 AI installer is not >>> feasible. >>> >>> Is it possible to install OpenSolaris on a new boot environment on a >>> SPARC system without an AI installer? >>> >>> Presumably if I can get this to happen on at least one system, then >>> I could use the AI images to update that system and use it an AI >>> installer for other SPARC systems. >>> >>> Given the lack of a standalone sparc install disk (for now), this >>> appears to be a possible way to get OpenSolaris up and running on >>> SPARC systems without x86 AI. >>> >>> Can it be done? >>> >> >> It can technically be done as I have already implemented this for >> BeleniX 0.8 on x86: >> >> http://moinakg.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/belenix-0-8-alpha-using-network-installer/ >> >> >> That script can be re-whacked for OpenSolaris if someone wishes to >> do it. > > The Bootable AI project will deliver a standalone sparc > install disk. The system can be booted off of that disk and it will > drive an automated install from an IPS repo. So, if > you're open to modifying a manifest and customizing it with > the appropriate installation parameters then it should meet > your needs. > > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/Bootable_AI_Image/bootable.ai.spec.txt > > > > Alok
