Frank Allan wrote: > 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? >
The IPS sources build SVR4 packages that can be installed on SXCE, if you have that already in the closed network. It is also portable to non-Solaris OS's, though I'm unfamiliar with the process of setting it up on them. Dave > 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 > _______________________________________________ > caiman-discuss mailing list > caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss
