>I looked at some documentation regarding this for solaris 10 and it
>looked like a solaris specific script was needed to set up the boot
>environment. Is there an updated document for nevada someplace?
Each install DVD comes with a "copy this DVD to install server";
but if you're not using Solaris, then you'll need to do it "by hand".
With the latest Solaris installs, it's sufficient to unpack the
DVD image; before you also needed to get some UFS partitions which
are part of the DVD image. (Both Solaris 10u6 and latest Nevada are
fine).
The install tree needs to be shared using NFS; I think it needs to
be root-access and read-only. (To be honest, the latter two might not
be needed anymore)
That part is simple, it becomes more interesting when network booting.
- Either you use rpc.bootparamd (old) or you use DHCP.
- For DHCP you'll need to add some specific DHCP macros and some Symbols.
(with Solaris, it's easy, you'll find, e.g., instructions here
[ read how to do this with an ISC DHCP server ]
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/submitted/setup_dhcp.jsp
You'll need to copy the inetboot file to /tftpboot, which you'll find at:
<unpackeddvd>/Solaris_11/Tools/Boot/platform/sun4u/inetboot
and the DHCP server should publish that.
>I have done net installs of BSD using PXE before, but thats intel
>specific and did not require any NFS servers etc, as the whole
>installer is stored in a ramdisk image.
On Solaris, you'll get a ramdisk Solaris image but it too is downloaded
using NFS. And all software is also downloaded using NFS.
A SPARC is booted using the network as follows:
boot net:dhcp - install
from the "ok" prompt.
Casper
