Another test: [Mon May 19 19:08:34 root at sol9 /export/install/sol-nv-b87-sparc-dvd/Solaris_11/Tools] # ./add_install_client -d -s sol9:/export/install/sol-nv-b87-sparc-dvd -c 192.168.1.8:/export/install/profiles/sol3 -p 192.168.1.8: /export/install/profiles/sol3 -t /export/install/sol-nv-b87-sparc-dvd/Solaris_11/Tools/Boot -e 8:0:20:a0:4a:86 sun4u sol3 cleaning up preexisting install client "8:0:20:a0:4a:86" removing /tftpboot/inetboot.SUN4U.Solaris_11-1 To disable 8:0:20:a0:4a:86 in the DHCP server, remove the entry with Client ID 01080020A04A86 copying boot file to /tftpboot/inetboot.SUN4U.Solaris_11-1
To enable 01080020A04A86 in the DHCP server, ensure that the following Sun vendor-specific options are defined (SinstNM, SinstIP4, SinstPTH, SrootNM, SrootIP4, SrootPTH, and optionally SbootURI, SjumpCF and SsysidCF), and add a macro to the server named 01080020A04A86, containing the following option values: Install server (SinstNM) : sol9 Install server IP (SinstIP4) : 192.168.1.8 Install server path (SinstPTH) : /export/install/sol-nv-b87-sparc-dvd Root server name (SrootNM) : sol9 Root server IP (SrootIP4) : 192.168.1.8 Root server path (SrootPTH) : /export/install/sol-nv-b87-sparc-dvd/Solaris_11/Tools/Boot Boot file (BootFile) : 01080020A04A86 Profile location (SjumpsCF) : 192.168.1.8:/export/install/profiles/sol3 sysidcfg location (SsysidCF) : 192.168.1.8:/export/install/profiles/sol3 [Mon May 19 19:08:42 root at sol9 /export/install/sol-nv-b87-sparc-dvd/Solaris_11/Tools] # grep "^sol3 " /etc/bootparams [Mon May 19 19:08:57 root at sol9 /export/install/sol-nv-b87-sparc-dvd/Solaris_11/Tools] # No entry in /etc/bootparams anymore; no "boot net:rarp" support anymore. I must admit, so I mostly use WANBOOT for jumpstart installations now, I don't like that "boot net:rarp" is not supported anymore. "boot net:rarp" was fast setup and worked without problems. And for machines with less than 1 GB memory WANBOOT is not an option. Bernd Bernd Schemmer wrote: > Hi, > > just found out that the boot process for SPARC machines changed in snv_87: > > The boot directory on the DVD: > > # ls /export/install/sol-nv-b87-sparc-dvd/Solaris_11/Tools/Boot/ > X.cpio.bz2 lu.cpio.bz2 pkg_db.cpio.bz2 > X_small.cpio.bz2 lu.platforms platform > > The environment after booting from the DVD: > > # uname -a > SunOS sol3 5.11 snv_87 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10 > # df -k / > Filesystem kbytes used avail capacity Mounted on > /ramdisk-root:a 165731 155727 0 100% / > # > # df -k > Filesystem kbytes used avail capacity Mounted on > /ramdisk-root:a 165731 155727 0 100% / > /devices 0 0 0 0% /devices > /dev 0 0 0 0% /dev > ctfs 0 0 0 0% /system/contract > proc 0 0 0 0% /proc > mnttab 0 0 0 0% /etc/mnttab > swap 170912 376 170536 1% /etc/svc/volatile > objfs 0 0 0 0% /system/object > sharefs 0 0 0 0% /etc/dfs/sharetab > swap 289536 119000 170536 42% /tmp > /tmp/root/etc 289536 119000 170536 42% /.tmp_proto/root/etc > fd 0 0 0 0% /dev/fd > /devices/pci at 1f,0/pci at 1,1/ide at 3/sd at 2,0:f > 3572460 3572460 0 100% /cdrom > swap 170544 8 170536 1% /tmp/root/var/run > 192.168.1.8:/export/install/profiles/sol3 > 122493692 112220503 9048253 93% > /tmp/sysid_config.774 > /usr/sbin/install.d/install_config > 165731 155727 0 100% /tmp/_install_config > # > > Is this behaviour already documented somewhere? I need to know how the > jumpstart process initiated via "boot net:rarp" works with this new > boot process. > > regards > > Bernd > > > > -- Bernd Schemmer, Frankfurt am Main, Germany http://home.arcor.de/bnsmb/index.html M s temprano que tarde el mundo cambiar . Fidel Castro
