Thanks for your response mary,
We do not run Sun's dhcp server so we do not run the add_install_client.
I diff'ed the add_install_client from nv97 vs nv114 and the only changes
seem to be in the grub menu.
Here is the grub menu that I'm using currently:
default=0
timeout=30
min_mem64 1024
title S11_nv114 Test Net Boot
kernel$ /I86PC.S11_nv114/platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -s
module$ /I86PC.S11_nv114/$ISADIR/x86.miniroot
I'm using the -s switch to do a network boot. Once I accomplish this
I'll move on to doing an install.
I hope network booting has not been discontinued!
I'm not doing anything different with nv114 than I did with nv97 or
solaris 10. You mentioned that there were many changes in pxe booting
sometime after nv97 (and before nv107 becuase that also does not work).
I guess I need to know what were the changes so I can update my
configuration. Were there additional dhcp responses required? Additional
configuration requirements?
Thanx
Ed
On Tue, 2009-06-02 at 12:08, mary ding wrote:
> Ed:
>
> Did you run add_install_client from snv_114 with the -p and -c option:
>
> # pwd
> /export/nv/solarisdvd.nvx_dvd/latest/Solaris_11/Tools
> #
> # ./add_install_client -d -e 0:14:4f:28:43:34 -p
> ins3525-svr:/export/profile/nevadaprofile -c
> ins3525-svr:/export/profile/nevadaprofile i86pc
> cleaning up preexisting install client "0:14:4f:28:43:34"
> To disable 0:14:4f:28:43:34 in the DHCP server,
> remove the entry with Client ID 0100144F284334
>
> If not already configured, enable PXE boot by creating
> a macro named 0100144F284334 with:
> Boot server IP (BootSrvA) : 10.6.35.8
> Boot file (BootFile) : 0100144F284334
> # more /tftpboot/menu*0100144F284334
> default=0
> timeout=30
> min_mem64 1024
> title Solaris_11 Jumpstart
> kernel$ /I86PC.Solaris_11-1/platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -B
> install_config=10.6.35.8:/export/profile/nevadaprofile,sysid_config=10.6.35.8:/export/
> profile/nevadaprofile,install_media=10.6.35.8:/export/nv/solarisdvd.nvx_dvd/latest
> module$ /I86PC.Solaris_11-1/$ISADIR/x86.miniroot
> #
>
> We did not have any problems with jumpstart with snv_114 at all and it
> works fine.
>
> If you want to use jumpstart, you should not use -s option though.
>
> There are sigificant changes between snv_97 and snv_114. If you want to
> jumpstart snv_114, you have to use add_install_client from snv_114 with
> jumpstart.
>
>
>
>
> Ed Spencer wrote:
> > On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 16:26, Mike Gerdts wrote:
> >> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Ed Spencer <Ed_Spencer at umanitoba.ca>
> >> wrote:
> >>> I'm having difficulties with jumpstart and nv114. Actually I have had
> >>> difficulties since
> >>> nv97 which was the last build in which I was able to do a jumpstart
> >>> install.
> >>>
> >>> I'm installing on a VMWare ESX virtual machine.
> >>>
> >>> I'll illustrate my problems with a simple network boot example.
> >>>
> >>> I select this entry from my menu.lst file:
> >>> title S11_nv114 Network boot text console single user (VGA)
> >>> kernel I86PC.S11_nv114/platform/i86pc/kernel/unix -s
> >>> module /I86PC.S11_nv114/x86.miniroot
> >>>
> >>> And this is what happens:
> >>> .........................................................................
> >>> Booting 'S11_nv114 Network boot text console single user (VGA)'
> >>>
> >>> kernel I86PC.S11_nv114/platform/i86pc/kernel/unix -s
> >>> [Multiboot-elf, <0xc00000:0x109d4:0x0>, <0x400000:0xd68d4:0x0>,
> >>> <0x800000:0x
> >>> 9518:0x3e1d0>, shtab=0xc11370, entry=0xc00000]
> >>> medule /I86PC.S11_nw114/x86.miniroot
> >> Is that "module" or "medule"?
> > Sorry its "module". Its vmware so I HAD TO "type" the output from the
> > console.
> >
> > I've tried many iterations of the commands in the menu.lst including
> > using the kernel$ and module$ and adding $ISADIR.
> > What seems to be happening is the kernel loads but when x86.miniroot
> > begins to load I get "Error 25: Disk Read Error".
> >
> > Ed
> >> --
> >> Mike Gerdts
> >> http://mgerdts.blogspot.com/
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