* Nikki Sixx (eightbelow at yahoo.com) wrote: > > I am in need of installing Sun's distribution of > > OpenSolaris (ideally OpenSolaris Preview (Build 130)) > > on a remote system currently running Solaris 10. The > > predicament lies with this being a remote system, > > where the options of a disc or on-site network > > install are out the window. Unfortunately, I am > > unaware how this process can be executed as a remote > > network install. My understanding is Jumpstart cannot > > be used if the client and server are on different > > subnets, which is the care. If someone can provide me > > the means to accomplish this OpenSolaris > > installation, it would be much appreciated. This > > particular system is non-Sun hardware, sporting the > > x86-64 processing architect, utilizing the ZFS file > > system, and with no KVM over IP capabilities.
Well, if you (someone on-site) can boot the liveCD iso and have someone pick the grub option that enables SSH you could then remotely log in to the system (forwarding X) and run the gui installer over the forwarded X connection. But if you can't do that, you're pretty much just out of luck. Although you could probably make use of the bootable Automated Installer iso's. But again, you'd need someone to put the ISO in the machine and then boot it. You'd also then have to somehow figure out what IP address the machine gets via DHCP when the ISO boots up (which would be hard without on-site assistance). An alternative could also be any of the myriad 'hacks' that people have come up with to install S10 and OpenSolaris on the same zfs root pool. Google's your friend. Bottom line, there's no supported/easy way to accomplish what you're wanting to do. Cheers, -- Glenn
