Sun Blade 1000 drops to interactive install during net boot - install

Morning folks,

I have a working jumpstart environment, and a generic sysidcfg file used for all our systems here. I can jumpstart a variety of systems here such as Sun Blade 100, 150, V210's, and Ultra 10's with my existing config.

We bought a new SB 1000's and it consistently drops to the interactive install. I have checked the sysidcfg, and the rules file to make sure my profile appears valid. Any ideas on why this keeps occurring?

Initially I had problems relating to the disk controller number set wrong c0 vice c1 - corrected that and still it drops to the interactive install.

My current rules/sysidcfg/bootparams files are included inline:

system_locale=en_US

timezone=US/Central

timeserver=localhost

terminal=sun-cmd

security_policy=NONE

network_interface=PRIMARY

{ netmask=255.255.255.0

protocol_ipv6=no

default_route=192.168.18.1 }

name_service=DNS

{ domain_name=arn.gov

name_server=192.168.10.11,192.168.10.12

search=arn.gov }

install_typeinitial_install

system_typestandalone

cluster SUNWCall

partitioningexplicit

filesys c1t1d0s1 2048 swap

filesys c1t1d0s7 50

filesys c1t1d0s0 free /

station3root=jumpstart.arn.gov:/export/install/Sol9_HW0404/Solaris_9 /Tools/Boot install=jumpstart.arn.gov:/export/install/Sol9_HW0404 boottype=:in sysid_config=jumpstart.arn.gov:/export/jumpstart install_config=jumpstart.arn.gov:/export/jumpstart rootopts=:rsize=32768

Thanks for any help!

Brian

[1900 byte] By [smithbj] at [2007-11-25 22:35:11]
# 1

I had the same problem and had to step through the interactive install via the jumpstart script until it recognised all the options,. My sysidcfg file is:

system_locale=en_GB

timezone=GB

timeserver=localhost

network_interface=primary {ip_address=172.31.123.38 protocol_ipv6=no netmask=255

.255.240.0 default_route=172.31.126.1}

terminal=xterm

root_password=4iF7aVhKmBPhc

name_service=NONE

security_policy=NONE

As you can see I had to cut it down quite a bit to get it to work. Main stopping points where TERMINAL, had to set this to xterm nothing else would work and also system_locale, basically in 8 they stopped supported en_UK and switched to en_GB.I need find that I had to specify the network_inface line exactly as shown as well.

Hope this help

Graham

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