Can one install packages (pkgadd) while booted from cd?

> Our system ( Sunfire 280R Solaris 8) crashed during a

> reboot for a cluster installation.

> Currently the system will only boot from CD. Can the

> pkgadd command be run with the system booted from CD?

Yes, it can. You can use the -R flag to specify an alternate root device (the hard disk).

Of course repairing the boot failures may involve more than simply running pkgadd.

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Darren

Darren_Dunhama at 2007-7-9 22:12:31 >