Dave Miner wrote:
> cedric briner wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm giving a try to opensolaris. So I've downloaded the 6 iso images.
>>
>> For Convenience, instead of burning all the CDs, I've just burn the
>> first one and try to make an solaris *repository* on my linux box.
>>
>> This solaris'repository was made by successively copying the 6 iso
>> images (whom was mount like: mount -t iso9660 -o loop) into one
>> directory.
>>
>> #/bin/bash
>> #/media/opensolaris-11/57/* holds all the mount -t iso9660 -o loop
>>
>> for file in /media/opensolaris-11/57/* ;
>> cp -dR file ./
>> find ./ ! -perm /u=w -ls -exec chmod u+w {} \;
>> done
>>
>>
>> And now, I'm in a state where the opensolaris installation ask me for:
>> [ ] CD/DVD
>> [x] Network File System
>>
>> after choosing NFS, it asks me for the NFS location:
>>
>> <nfs_server>:/path_to_Solaris_11/
>>
>> but it keeps on telling me :``ERROR: The directory you specified does
>> not contain a valid Solaris OS Image''
>>
>> I've mounted it successfully from a terminal in the opensolaris
>> installation, just to check if my <nfs_server>:/path_to_Solaris_11
>> whas working.... and it works
>>
>>
>> if I do a ``ls -1'' of what is under ../Solaris_11
>> Docs
>> ExtraValue
>> Misc
>> Patches
>> Product
>> Tools
>>
>>
>> any idea on how I can achieve this ?
>>
>
> The path you supply must be the root of the image with a "Solaris_11"
> directory under it and a whole load of hidden files which provide other
> info the installer needs. For example, the netinstall area for snv_58
> on our lab server looks like:
>
> # ls -la /export/install/nv/x/latest
> total 944
> drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 20 Feb 15 05:35 .
> drwxr-xr-x 50 root root 51 Feb 15 05:28 ..
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 87 Feb 7 13:17 .cdtoc
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 15 05:35 .done
> drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 7 Feb 15 05:28 .install
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Feb 15 05:27 .install_config ->
> ./Solaris_11/Misc/.install_config
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 419 Feb 7 13:17 .slicemapfile
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 15 Feb 7 13:17 .volume.inf
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 22 Feb 12 14:53 .volume.inf.1
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 22 Feb 12 14:54 .volume.inf.2
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 17 Feb 12 14:50 .volume.inf.3
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 17 Feb 12 14:51 .volume.inf.4
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 17 Feb 12 14:51 .volume.inf.5
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 17 Feb 12 14:52 .volume.inf.6
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 6.7K Feb 7 13:17 Copyright
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 449K Feb 7 13:17
> JDS-THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root bin 3 Feb 15 05:27 License
> drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 8 Feb 15 05:28 Solaris_11
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root sys 6 Feb 15 05:28 boot
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 257 Feb 12 14:52 installer
>
> and "/export/install/nv/x/latest" is the path you'd supply to the
> installer.
>
> Dave
ok.. but still not work.
Is there a special way to create this nfs location from the opensolaris CDs.
Ced.
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Cedric BRINER
Geneva - Switzerland
