Solaris 8 network boot from CD-ROM

[JohnnyBgood]

I have a Solaris 8 system without a built-in CD-ROM. I need to be able to boot from a CD-ROM on another machine on the network that has a CD-ROM.

Thanks,

Johnny

 

[jephilc]

Hi
The easiest way is to setup the system with the CDROM as
a jumpstart server, and run add_install_client adding the
address etc of the system without the CDROM.
Then, from the system without the CDROM, you can just do
a "boot net" from the "ok" prompt, which will initiate an
interactive install, using the remote resources.
HTH
John Philcox
Mobile Ventures Limited UK

http://www.mobile-ventures.net

 

[Scunningham99]

Can this be achieved with a machine with no OS pre installing Solaris 5.6????

 

[cfsalmeida]

Yes, if both machines are in the same subnet it's possible
without creating a jumpstart file on install server as "root" in the server with the cd-rom in the drive:

# mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s0 /cdrom (if volume management not used)
Ensure that the client hostname and IP address are in the server "/etc/hosts" and that the client hostname and ethernet address are in the server "/etc/ethers" file (if not previously added to a nameservice map), then:

# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/Solaris_2.x/Tools (if volume management used)
# cd /cdrom/Solaris_2.x/Tools (if volume management not used)
now add information about the system to be installed to the install server configuration files.
# ./add_install_client hostname architecture

showmount -e will show that the cd is being properly shared at this point, the actual sharing of the cdrom is done by the "add_install_client" script, but if it was previously shared, the entry in the dfstab file may need to be edited to share the cdrom with the proper permissions, the output of the "add_install_client" script will provide guidance if this is needed.
on the client from OK boot prompt, boot the system from the network:
>ok boot net

the system will boot from the remote cdrom, start openwindows and display the installation screens as if the cdrom was local.

Regards,

Carlos Almeida,