Solaris 10 (6/06 SPARC) - Network install
Hello all :)
I downloaded the newest ISO, burned it. and tryed to execute thesetup_install_server.
it tries to findBoot directory (its linked to Boot -> ../../../s1)
but the link is broken.
in the X86 installation the link exists and not broken so i can run the script.
looks like the newest ISO does not contains all the stuff we need to install it from network.
I hope im wrong :) i want to install those SPARCs....
[480 byte] By [
rladm] at [2007-11-26 9:02:54]
# 1
Moin!
I did also download the most recent (DVD) ISO did a setup_install_server
and didn't have that problem. I did however skip the burn step and instead
mounted the ISO directly via loopback devices:
# lofiadm -a /jumpstart/OS/isos/sol-10-u2-ga-sparc-dvd.iso
/dev/lofi/7
# mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/lofi/7 /mnt/10u2
When looking at the files system of this mount the Boot directory is not
linked and as said the setup_install_server worked fine.
Hope this helps
-Ralf
# 2
Correct. The CD is a bit low on space, so the boot files are only present in a SPARC UFS filesystem (necessary so the CD is bootable). The x86 box won't read that filesystem (either from CD or from an image).
You'd need to either build at least one SPARC machine, mount the CD there, then copy the files over to the x86 box.
Or as mentioned, use the DVD image. The space there allows the boot code to be duplicated in two places so the x86 box can read it.
--
Darren
