On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 11:37 +0100, Willi Burmeister wrote: > Hi, > > the official way to unpack the sparc.miniroot seems to be: > > # root_archive unpackmedia /<path_to>/<Solaris_cd_image> > <path_to>/<unpack_dir> > > You need to install Solaris 10 U6 on SPARC first to get a copy of > '/boot/solaris/bin/root_archive'. > > But even after unpacking the image none of the files are readable > (all done on a SPARC system) > > # cd /var/tmp/unpack_dir/sbin > # ls -l install-* > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root sys 537 Oct 20 22:08 > install-X-test-legibility > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root sys 626 Oct 20 22:08 install-X-watchdog > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root sys 1690 Oct 20 22:08 install-additional-prods > ... > > # file install-* > install-X-test-legibility: data > install-X-watchdog: data > install-additional-prods: data > ... > > Booting the installation image from my jumpstart server shows: > > # ls -l install-* > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root sys 699 Oct 27 19:53 > install-X-test-legibility > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root sys 951 Oct 27 19:53 install-X-watchdog > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root sys 4447 Oct 27 19:53 install-additional-prods > ... > > # file install-* > install-X-test-legibility: executable shell script > install-X-watchdog: executable shell script > install-additional-prods: executable shell script > ... > > > So the question is: how can I unpack and repack the miniroot for SPARC and > make > some changes in this filesystem image? > > Any help is appreciated. > > Thanks > > Willi > > > _______________________________________________ > install-discuss mailing list > install-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss
The files have been compressed with the compression utility called fiocompress, it will only be found on a update 6 install. You can use this program to decompress them. For some reason after unpacking, repacking and unpacking my miniroot again these files now show up as shell scripts. I'll have to dig why this is further.... -Alex
