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Subject:    Re: Re: [osol-help] Good tutorial on installing solaris on a SPARC
From:       "Nicholas Senedzuk" <nicholas.senedzuk () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-11-12 16:12:28
Message-ID: 75576e850611120812o323cc924m64e3056570fb2ece () mail ! gmail ! com
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I would take a look at the following doc that is on Sun's web site

Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5506

That should contain all the info you need.



On 11/12/06, Tao Chen <nameistao@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/12/06, Ian Brown <ianbrn@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > Can somebody recommend on a
> > good ,working tutorial on installing solaris on a SPARC machine (T2000) with \
> > rarp/bootp/tftp from a DVD installation image (not through a DVD drive of course, \
> > but over the net with "boot net install" , and where both machines, client \
> > (T2000) and server are on the same subnet, so it need *NOT* be DHCP).
> 
> I think "on the same subnet" just means you don't need a boot server.
> http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5776/6n7r9js3j?a=view
> 
> Anyway, I have notes and scripts to do net_install for x86.
> I used to net_install SPARC box also when I had one, but had lost those
> SPARC specific arguments for the same commands.
> 
> It breaks down to the following steps.
> (in sample commands, my install server's IP is 10.0.0.2)
> 
> 0. Optional: reset services/cleanup settings if previous setup failed.
> Inc. removing tftp, dhcp, dns shares etc.
> 
> 1. Mount DVD/CD image and setup install server.
> lofiadm -a [iso_file]
> mount -F hsfs [lofi_dev] /xxx
> /xxx/Solaris_*/Tools/setup_install_server (add_to_install_server)
> 
> 2. Setup DHCP service.
> dhcpconfig -Uhx
> dhcpconfig -D -r SUNWfiles -p /var/dhcp
> dhcpconfig -N 10.0.0.0 -t 10.0.0.1 -m 255.255.255.0
> 
> 3. Add macro definition to DHCP configuration table.
> For x86 with PXE:
> add_install_client -d i86pc i86pc
> dhtadm -A -m PXEClient:Arch:00000:UNDI:002001
> -d':BootSrvA=10.0.0.2:BootFile="PXEClient:Arch:00000:UNDI:002001":'
> 
> 4. Add individual client.
> 
> e.g. add x86 client 'w2100z/10.0.0.7' with mac address 00:0a:e4:29:bf:b6 :
> 
> pntadm -A 10.0.0.7 -h w2100z -m 10.0.0.0 -y -i 000AE429BFB6 10.0.0.0
> add_install_client -d -e "00:0a:e4:29:bf:b6" i86pc
> dhtadm -A -m 01000AE429BFB6 -d':BootSrvA=10.0.0.2:BootFile=01000AE429BFB6:'
> 
> 5. Enable all necessary services and verify they're setup correctly.
> 
> svcadm restart dhcp-server
> svcadm restart nfs/server
> dhtadm -P
> ls /tftpboot
> svcs | grep tftp
> mount | grep tftp
> etc.
> 
> You will use different arguments for the same commands in step 3-4 for T2000.
> See if this doc helps:
> http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5776/6n7r9js3o?a=view#netinstalldvd-ex-15
> 
> Besides Sun's document, there're other resources on the web for this
> topic, use google, but I had hard time following them when I first
> tried time.
> 
> Although not for T2000, I hope this breakdown help you a little bit.
> 
> Tao
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