Vikram Dutta wrote: > Thank you for your response. > You did answer my question- "the AI install server must be OpenSolaris, not > SXCE or S10." > > Pxe is being served from a Linux tftp server for our sol10x86 environment. > And we were hoping to use the same infra for opensolaris as well. >
Right now you can use your existing Linux PXE/tftp services to get the first stages loaded, as you've obviously managed to do, but the service beyond that right now still requires OpenSolaris. Dave > And yes it is the AI iso :) > > ..V > -- > Brief mesg frm mobile device > Pls pradon the tpyos > > On Jun 24, 2009, at 5:48 PM, Sarah Jelinek <Sarah.Jelinek at Sun.COM> wrote: > > Hi Vikram, > > I have some questions to help me understand what you are trying to do: > > 1. What image are you using to try to boot the client? Is it the AI .iso > image? Or a liveCD image? > 2. AI requires specific server side setup. You need to setup the AI service > you want to boot from, and to install from. You can find information about > this at: > > http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/dev/AIinstall/ > > Did you use installadm to setup the AI service on your install server? For > now, the AI install server must be OpenSolaris, not SXCE or S10. > > Your entry below indicates you have an image which you are trying to boot. > The failure you note below makes me think you have a liveCD image, you are > trying to boot over the network. You cannot do this. To use the AI installer > you must use an AI image. The AI installer is not included in the liveCD. > > Regards, > sarah > **** > > How do I retrofit my existing PXE setup for Solaris 10 to use the new > autoinstaller for OpenSolaris 2009-06 ? > I can boot off the network and get this far ??? > how do I debug to see where things are failing ??? > How do I define the manifest to install ? > > Would appreciate any pointers > > Console output- > ----------------------- > SunOS Release 5.11 Version snv_111b 64-bit > Copyright 1983-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. > Use is subject to license terms. > Hostname: opensolaris > Remounting root read/write > Probing for device nodes ... > Preparing live image for use > Requesting System Maintnenance Mode > . > . > . > > > Menu.lst entry > ------------------- > title OpenSolaris 2009-06 DHCP both TEST > kernel /sol10x64/OSOL/platform/i86pc/kernel/unix -B > console=text,install_media=10.225.91.60:8000:/osol-0906-ai-x86,install_boot=10.225.91.60:8000:/osol-0906-ai-x86/boot,livemode=text,install_service=0906x86 > > > module /sol10x64/x86.microroot > > > > best regards, > ..Vikram > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > install-discuss mailing list > install-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > install-discuss mailing list > install-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss
