On 12/21/10 11:49 AM, Jack Schwartz wrote:
Hi Scott.
On 12/21/10 08:25, Scott Dickson wrote:
Looking in the AI guide, I see that I can specify SVR4 packages
for installation in the <add_drivers> section.
<add_drivers> is intended for adding drivers needed to
complete an installation. Packages must contain only files which
get installed into a non-read-only file system (e.g. /kernel, NOT
/usr) on booted install images.
For AI, these driver packages get installed twice: in the booted
environment before the installer runs to populate the target disk;
and onto the target disk after the rest of the installation
completes.
The "Identify and Install Missing Drivers on an Install Target"
section of the AI guide has some examples:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-6566/gkhuc?l=en&a=view
See /usr/share/auto_install/ai_manifest.xml for examples as well.
You'll have this file if you already have installadm installed.
I'll let others answer the remaining.
This is good to know.
I was sort of guessing that since the constructs for the
<software_data> section were there and since the dtd
referenced SVR4 packages, I was sort of hoping to be able to specify
a regular SVR4 package outside of <add_drivers>.
I tried to be sneaky and act like a regular package was a driver,
but your explanation, and the fact that it tried to install it as a
driver, told me that that won't work.
My underlying intent is still to find ways to ease existing Solaris
10 folks into an IPS / AI world.
Thanks!
--SCott
Thanks,
Jack
Also, looking in the software.dtd, it looks like I can specify,
in general, other things besides just IPS packages for
installation - FILE, DIR, SVR4 in particular.
How can I use these? Where are these documented? Looks like it
these could be really helpful.
--SCott
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