> Howdy > > I'm new to this thread but not Solaris in general. > > I'm trying to get Solaris 10 jumpstart to work using > a Linux server. > > The big problem I have is the apparent compatibility > issues between Linux (2.6 kernel, tried both Fedora > core 4 and 6) NFS version 4 (nfs-utils 1.0.7-8 and > 1.0.10-5.fc6) and Solaris. > > I can take a working Solaris 10 and mount the NFS > shares fine, but I have to put in a mount option > '-overs=3' (version 3 instead of version 4); the > other way is to change the /etc/defaults/nfs file > (NFS_CLIENT_VERSMAX=4 default to 3). This is > well-documented, but the problem is that I am not > able to pass such an argument to the kernel during > boot (in the grub menu.lst or anywhere else).
You are making life overly complicated for yourself. Ditch that Linux gig and just put a Solaris server for JumpStart(TM) instead. There should be no need for Linux in this day and age, especially for JumpStart(TM). > And it also seems Solaris jumpstart has no way of > setting the install_media option to a http server > instead of an nfs mount (unlike linux systems' > kickstarts). There's the url http option for the > config files but not for the install_media. See WAN boot at docs.sun.com: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-6395/6n8dnu89t?q=WAN+boot&a=view The simplest and also the fastest way to install Solaris are Flash(TM) archives. I suggest you look into those. They're very easy to create, and extremely fast to install. > So if there's anyone out there who knows how to get > the 'kernel' statement in grub menu.lst to do a > version 3 NFS mount to a linux NFS share instead of > the default version 4, I'd much appreciate it. > > I re-read the man pages on linux nfs and tried the > newest version 4 (thus the nfs-utils-1.0.10-5), > hoping that this would be compatible with Solaris's > nfs client, but to no avail. You're wasting your time. Why do you insist on Linux? This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
