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From: syd_p on 2 Feb 2010 08:51
Hi,

Have exported solaris 10 dvd sparc with nfs.
Can I install using this dvd by booting a client box with a sol 10 cd?
Or do I have to set up jumpstart?

TIA

Syd
From: nelson on 2 Feb 2010 10:27
bare metal provision? could well be wrong but i don't think so.
jumpstart, while seeming a little complicated at first glance really
isn't but it's prob'ly not worth setting up an install/boot server for
a single system. if the target system had a dvd drive it'd be
tempting to just install it off that.

if it was a live upgrade to an existing install, then yeah. you can
(just finished doing that to a bunch of cluster nodes)

just my opinion of course
From: Ian Collins on 2 Feb 2010 15:39
syd_p wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Have exported solaris 10 dvd sparc with nfs.
> Can I install using this dvd by booting a client box with a sol 10 cd?

I think you can, once you have entered the system information there's an
install media location question. It'll only take five minutes to try.

You cam also use the setup_install_server to setup a boot server and use
"boot net" on the client to boot off the install server.

--
Ian Collins
From: Michael Laajanen on 2 Feb 2010 17:38
Hi,

syd_p wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Have exported solaris 10 dvd sparc with nfs.
> Can I install using this dvd by booting a client box with a sol 10 cd?
> Or do I have to set up jumpstart?
>
> TIA
>
> Syd
Setup a jumpstart server is very easy it has just been convered in
comp.sys.sun.hardware, look for "DVD drive Blade 1000"

/michael

From: Andrew Gabriel on 3 Feb 2010 05:45
In article <7srgt2Far3U2(a)mid.individual.net>,
Ian Collins <ian-news(a)hotmail.com> writes:
> syd_p wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Have exported solaris 10 dvd sparc with nfs.
>> Can I install using this dvd by booting a client box with a sol 10 cd?
>
> I think you can, once you have entered the system information there's an
> install media location question. It'll only take five minutes to try.

Yes, I do this occasionally. It works. ISTR you have to use
the IP address to mount the filesystem.
(More accurately, I lofi mount the iso image and export that.)

> You cam also use the setup_install_server to setup a boot server and use
> "boot net" on the client to boot off the install server.

That's even better. It will automatically find the install media
over NFS.

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Andrew Gabriel
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