I've some trouble with JumpStart and WebStart Flash

[dbac3c]

Hi,

I am trying to install Solaris 8 (I've created a flash archive before) on a Enterprise 250. The boot-, install-, sysid-, JumpStart Server runs on i386 Solaris 8. I used the SPARC Solaris 9 CDs to create the InstallServer (I think this should not matter). The Client is able to boot over the net, and the sysidcfg file is found and used. Up to this time everything worked fine.
I've got no hint that the custom JumpStart Files are used, so I had to manually select the flash archive and so on. I shared the directory on the Server, run the check script ... exactly like the description in 'Advanced Installation Guide'
Then I copied the rules.ok and the profile in /export/install/Solaris_9/Tools/Boot/usr/sbin/install.d/install_config. Now I read something like that:
'checking rules.ok ...'
'configuration found using <my_profile>'
But that's it. I still have to manually select the flash archive, set the slice size and so on.

rules.ok looks like this:
hostaddress 192.168.30.56 - my_profile -

profile looks like this:
install_type flash_install
archive_location ftp://userass@192.168.30.13/export/flar/machine.flar timeout 2
partitioning explicit
filesys c0t0d0s0 1024 /
filesys c0t0d0s1 2048 /usr
filesys c0t0d0s2 all overlap
filesys c0t0d0s3 1454 swap
filesys c0t0d0s4 2048 /var
filesys c0t0d0s5 free /opt

Where I made the mistake?

 

[mattrumik]

aehm, wait a sec, sol8 - sol9 ?
as far as I recall one can not mix, am I wrong?

matt

 

[dbac3c]

I don't remember where I read this, but there was written that a InstallServer can contain more than one CD Image.

But I think you're right, I should test it with Solaris 8 CDs (if I can get them

 

[dbac3c]

Now I have tried a Solaris 8 2/02 InstallServer. I removed the install client, and used the add_install_client script, which the Solaris 8 CD image contains.
Nothing changed, still the same probs ...

If anyone have an idea what to do, please tell me


Christian

 

[mattrumik]

hmmm, next thing would be to check typing and such;
I had the problem that a newly installed machine always needed assitance, while a already installed machine did everything automatically; as far as I recall I had a typo or a line missing .... and no empty lines or &quot;tab&quot; in places where it should not ... :-/

matt