If you don't use the automated installer on x86 systems, ignore
this message. With the fixes for the following bugs:
changeset: 707:2274294287c2
tag: tip
user: Ethan Quach <Ethan.Quach at sun.com>
date: Wed Jan 27 16:15:59 2010 -0800
summary:
14082 bootarg for booting automated installs over the network
13766 AI debug mode can only be activated in conjunction with
service discovery
4069 The create-service setup doesn't work if a client is booted
using a tip line
In build 132, the default behavior of booting x86 systems over the
network into AI images has changed. The default grub menu entry
will no longer start a hands-free automated install. The second entry
must be selected to kick off the hands-free install. The first entry will
boot into the AI boot image and present console-login, but automated
installation will not start.
The following table gives the information on what the changes for this
flag day would be and how it impacts your AI server.
AI server bld AI image bld Required action
--------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------------
pre 132 pre 132 No change.
pre 132 132 or later Clients booting this image will not
automatically boot
into a hands-
free automated
install. The work-
around is manual. You
must hand
edit the menu.lst
file associated with
the service and add a
"install=true"
property to the -B
args. If you do
specific
'create-client' commands for
your x86 clients, you
can instead just
use the -b option to
explicitly add the
"install=true" flag
into its menu. Or
add it to the menu
entry manually at
boot time.
installadm create-client ...
-b install=true ...
132 or later pre 132 No change.
132 or later 132 or later Clients booting this image will not
automatically boot
into a hands-
free automated
install. This is the
desired new changed
behavior. The
second grub menu
option must be
chosen to kick off the
hands-free
install.
Alternatively, you can use the
-b option with
'create-service' or
'create-client' to
explicitly add the
"install=true" flag
into the menu,
which will cause the
default entry to
do a hands-free install.
installadm create-service ...
-b install=true ...
installadm create-client ...
-b install=true ...
Thanks,
-ethan
