I have two machines: one running Solaris 8 x86 (which I'm trying to setup as the jumpstart server), while the other box is a Netra T1 (jumpstart client) I'm attempting a Solaris 8 Sparc jumpstart for the Netra. The two machines are on the same subnet and connect via a hub. I am not using NIS. I've been thru the setup_install_server procedure on the x86 box which worked fine. Even run add_to_install_server on it sucessfully. The problem occurs when I run the add_install_client script on the jumpstart server. It returns the following error: bash-2.03# ./add_install_client -i 10.0.0.6 -e 8:0:20:b2:fa:59 -s sun1:/export/data/install -c sun1:/export/data/config -p sun1:/export/data/config netra sun4u Error: unknown client "netra" I've run /usr/sbin/in.rarpd -a prior to this and have ensured that the client's HW address and hostname are in /etc/ethers bash-2.03# cat /etc/ethers 08:0:20:b2:fa:59 netra I've also uncommented out the tftp entry in /etc/inetd.conf The hosts file look fine too: bash-2.03# cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 10.0.0.6 netra 10.0.0.4 sun1 loghost timehost I can ping the netra box both by IP and hostname. Running arp -a on the x86 jumpstart server shows the netra's HW add: bash-2.03# arp -a Net to Media Table: IPv4 Device IP Address Mask Flags Phys Addr ------- rtls0 10.0.0.2 255.255.255.255 00:d0:09:d0:15:e3 rtls0 netra 255.255.255.255 08:00:20:b2:fa:59 Any ideas as to what else I could do to run the add_install_client sucessfully??

Try this script from Hal Pomeranz. Any errors are due to modifications I made. Change the less-than-or-equal characters to less-than. #!/usr/bin/ksh # set -x PS4='$0 line $LINENO: ' # add_client -- simple wrapper for the Jumpstart add_install_client script # Usage: add_client ¡Ühostname> ¡Üclient arch> ¡Üclient OS vers> # # Copyright (c) Deer Run Associates. All rights reserved. # Permission to distribute freely as long as this Copyright is preserved. # Author: Hal Pomeranz ¡Ühal@deer-run.com> # *** NOTE: Make sure these parameters are appropriate for your configuration! # CONF_SERVER is the hostname of your configuration server # CONF_DIR is the path to your configuration directory # INST_SERVER is the hostname of your installation server # INST_ROOT is the directory containing your install directories # (install directories should be named "jump_`uname -r`") # # Script assumes that sysidcfg file is located at the top of each install # directory. # if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then echo "Usage $0 ¡Ühostname> ¡Üclient arch> ¡Üclient OS vers>" echo "Where 'client arch' is one of the following: " echo " axil4m, sun4c, sun4d, sun4m, sun4s, sun4u, sun4u1, sun4us, tsb1, i86pc, or prep" echo "Refer to 'http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/802-5740/6i9fqkuqh?a=view' " echo " for more details on platform group (client arch)" exit 4 fi HOST=$1 KARCH=$2 VERS=$3 SHORTHOST=`echo $HOST | cut -f 1 -d '.'` CONF_SERVER=NFS_SERVER CONF_DIR=/export/jumpstart INST_SERVER=$CONF_SERVER INST_ROOT=/export DATE=`date +%Y%m%d` PASSWD=`awk -F: '/^root:/ { print $2 }' /etc/shadow` IP_ADDR=`nslookup $HOST | awk '/Address/ { print $2 }' | tail -1` ETHER=`awk "/$SHORTHOST/ { print \\$1 }" /etc/ethers` if [ -z "$ETHER" ] ; then ETHER=`arp -a | awk "/$SHORTHOST/ { print \\$4 }"` fi if [ -z "$ETHER" ] ; then echo "$SHORTHOST not found" ping $HOST 1 > /dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then rsh $HOST ls / >/dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then ETHER=`rsh $HOST ifconfig -a | awk '/ether/ { print $2 }'` fi fi fi if [ "$VERS" = "5.6" ] ; then if [ -f ${INST_ROOT}/jump${VERS}/${SHORTHOST}sysidcfg ] ; then PRIM_INT=`grep network_interface ${INST_ROOT}/jump_${VERS}/${SHORTHOST}/sysidcfg | cut -f 2 -d '=' | awk '{ print $1 }'` fi if [ -z "$PRIM_INT" ] ; then rsh $HOST ifconfig -a >/dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then PRIM_INT=`rsh $HOST ifconfig -a | grep -v LOOPBACK | awk '/¡ÜUP/ {print $1}' | sed -e 's/:$//' 2>/dev/null` else PRIM_INT="le0" fi fi else PRIM_INT="primary" fi echo $ETHER if [ -n "$ETHER" ] ; then wc_old=`wc -l /etc/ethers | awk '{ print $1 }'` ((wc_new=wc_old - 1)) mv /etc/ethers /etc/ethers${DATE} echo "sed /$HOST/d /etc/ethers${DATE} > /etc/ethers" sed /$HOST/d /etc/ethers${DATE} > /etc/ethers if [ `wc -l /etc/ethers | awk '{ print $1 }'` -ne $wc_new ] ; then echo "ERROR with /etc/ethers update" cat /etc/ethers mv /etc/ethers${DATE} /etc/ethers fi echo "$ETHER $HOST" echo "$ETHER $HOST" >> /etc/ethers fi NS=`awk 'BEGIN { ORS = ", " } /nameserver/ { print $2 }' /etc/resolv.conf` NS_LIST=`echo $NS | sed -e 's/, $//' -e 's/,$//'` RESOLV_CONF=`cat /etc/resolv.conf` if [ "$VERS" = "5.5.1" ]; then cd $INST_ROOT/jump_$VERS ./add_install_client -c ${CONF_SERVER}:${CONF_DIR} \ -s ${INST_SERVER}:${INST_ROOT}/jump_${VERS} \ ${HOST} ${KARCH} else cd $INST_ROOT/jump_$VERS/Solaris_*/Tools ./add_install_client -c ${CONF_SERVER}:${CONF_DIR} \ -p ${INST_SERVER}:${INST_ROOT}/jump_${VERS}/${SHORTHOST} \ -s ${INST_SERVER}:${INST_ROOT}/jump_${VERS} \ ${HOST} ${KARCH} fi if [ ! -d ${INST_ROOT}/jump_${VERS}/${SHORTHOST} ] ; then mkdir ${INST_ROOT}/jump_${VERS}/${SHORTHOST} fi case $VERS in 5.5.1 ) echo "sysidcfg not supported prior to 2.6" ;; 5.6 ) RESOLV_CONF=`cat /etc/resolv.conf` cat ¡Ü¡Ü- EOT > ${INST_ROOT}/jump_${VERS}/${SHORTHOST}/sysidcfg timezone=US/Central terminal=vt100 system_locale=en_US timeserver=localhost name_service=OTHER network_interface=${PRIM_INT} {hostname=${SHORTHOST}.domain.com ip_address=${IP_ADDR} netmask=255.255.255.128} root_password=${PASSWD} EOT ;; 5.7 ) cat ¡Ü¡Ü- EOT > ${INST_ROOT}/jump_${VERS}/${SHORTHOST}/sysidcfg timezone=US/Central terminal=vt100 system_locale=en_US timeserver=localhost name_service=DNS {domain_name=domain.com name_server=${NS_LIST}} network_interface=primary {hostname=${SHORTHOST}.domain.com ip_address=${IP_ADDR} netmask=255.255.255.128} root_password=${PASSWD} EOT ;; 5.8 ) cat ¡Ü¡Ü- EOT > ${INST_ROOT}/jump_${VERS}/${SHORTHOST}/sysidcfg timezone=US/Central terminal=vt100 system_locale=en_US timeserver=localhost name_service=DNS {domain_name=domain.com name_server=${NS_LIST}} network_interface=primary {hostname=${SHORTHOST}.domain.com protocol_ipv6=no ip_address=${IP_ADDR} netmask=255.255.255.128} security_policy=none root_password=${PASSWD} EOT ;; 5.9 ) cat ¡Ü¡Ü- EOT > ${INST_ROOT}/jump_${VERS}/${SHORTHOST}/sysidcfg timezone=US/Central terminal=vt100 system_locale=en_US timeserver=localhost name_service=DNS {domain_name=domain.com name_server=${NS_LIST}} network_interface=primary {hostname=${SHORTHOST}.domain.com protocol_ipv6=no ip_address=${IP_ADDR} netmask=255.255.255.128 default_route=138.42.11.129} security_policy=none root_password=${PASSWD} EOT ;; esac

Did that script work for you ? If not please post thx

Posting the script with less than characters doesn't work for me. Change the occurances of those odd characters "Ü" to less than signs as would be normal in a here-to document. Yes it worked before I posted it. I use it often to set up my jump start environment.

Here it is without the here-to less than symbols. Looks like a post size limit. The script is being cut off before the 5.8 and 5.9 sections. #!/usr/bin/ksh # set -x PS4='$0 line $LINENO: ' # add_client -- simple wrapper for the Jumpstart add_install_client script # Usage: add_client hostname client arch client OS vers # # Copyright (c) Deer Run Associates. All rights reserved. # Permission to distribute freely as long as this Copyright is preserved. # Author: Hal Pomeranz hal@deer-run.com # *** NOTE: Make sure these parameters are appropriate for your configuration! # CONF_SERVER is the hostname of your configuration server # CONF_DIR is the path to your configuration directory # INST_SERVER is the hostname of your installation server # INST_ROOT is the directory containing your install directories # (install directories should be named "jump_`uname -r`") # # Script assumes that sysidcfg file is located at the top of each install # directory. # if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then echo "Usage $0 hostname client_arch client_OS_vers" echo "Where 'client arch' is one of the following: " echo " axil4m, sun4c, sun4d, sun4m, sun4s, sun4u, sun4u1, sun4us, tsb1, i86pc, or prep" echo "Refer to 'http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/802-5740/6i9fqkuqh?a=view' " echo " for more details on platform group (client arch)" exit 4 fi HOST=$1 KARCH=$2 VERS=$3 SHORTHOST=`echo $HOST | cut -f 1 -d '.'` CONF_SERVER=uspldv10 CONF_DIR=/export/jumpstart INST_SERVER=$CONF_SERVER INST_ROOT=/export DATE=`date +%Y%m%d` PASSWD=`awk -F: '/^root:/ { print $2 }' /etc/shadow` IP_ADDR=`nslookup $HOST | awk '/Address/ { print $2 }' | tail -1` ETHER=`awk "/$SHORTHOST/ { print \\$1 }" /etc/ethers` if [ -z "$ETHER" ] ; then ping $HOST 1 ETHER=`arp -a | awk "/$SHORTHOST/ { print \\$NF }"` fi if [ -z "$ETHER" ] ; then echo "$SHORTHOST not found" ping $HOST 1 > /dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then rsh $HOST ls / >/dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then ETHER=`rsh $HOST ifconfig -a | awk '/ether/ { print $2 }'` fi fi fi if [ "$VERS" = "5.6" ] ; then if [ -f ${INST_ROOT}/jump${VERS}/${SHORTHOST}sysidcfg ] ; then PRIM_INT=`grep network_interface ${INST_ROOT}/jump_${VERS}/${SHORTHOST}/sysidcfg | cut -f 2 -d '=' | awk '{ print $1 }'` fi if [ -z "$PRIM_INT" ] ; then rsh $HOST ifconfig -a >/dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then PRIM_INT=`rsh $HOST ifconfig -a | grep -v LOOPBACK | awk '/UP/ {print $1}' | sed -e 's/:$//' 2>/dev/null` else PRIM_INT="le0" fi fi else PRIM_INT="primary" fi echo $ETHER if [ -n "$ETHER" ] ; then wc_old=`wc -l /etc/ethers | awk '{ print $1 }'` ((wc_new=wc_old - 1)) mv /etc/ethers /etc/ethers${DATE} echo "sed /$HOST/d /etc/ethers${DATE} > /etc/ethers" sed /$HOST/d /etc/ethers${DATE} > /etc/ethers if [ `wc -l /etc/ethers | awk '{ print $1 }'` -ne $wc_new ] ; then echo "ERROR with /etc/ethers update" cat /etc/ethers mv /etc/ethers${DATE} /etc/ethers fi echo "$ETHER $HOST" echo "$ETHER $HOST" >> /etc/ethers fi NS=`awk 'BEGIN { ORS = ", " } /nameserver/ { print $2 }' /etc/resolv.conf` NS_LIST=`echo $NS | sed -e 's/, $//' -e 's/,$//'` RESOLV_CONF=`cat /etc/resolv.conf` if [ "$VERS" = "5.5.1" ]; then cd $INST_ROOT/jump_$VERS ./add_install_client -c ${CONF_SERVER}:${CONF_DIR} \ -s ${INST_SERVER}:${INST_ROOT}/jump_${VERS} \ ${HOST} ${KARCH} else cd $INST_ROOT/jump_$VERS/Solaris_*/Tools ./add_install_client -c ${CONF_SERVER}:${CONF_DIR} \ -p ${INST_SERVER}:${INST_ROOT}/jump_${VERS}/${SHORTHOST} \ -s ${INST_SERVER}:${INST_ROOT}/jump_${VERS} \ ${HOST} ${KARCH} fi if [ ! -d ${INST_ROOT}/jump_${VERS}/${SHORTHOST} ] ; then mkdir ${INST_ROOT}/jump_${VERS}/${SHORTHOST} fi case $VERS in 5.5.1 ) echo "sysidcfg not supported prior to 2.6" ;; 5.6 ) RESOLV_CONF=`cat /etc/resolv.conf` SYS_BODY="timezone=US/Central terminal=vt100 system_locale=en_US timeserver=localhost name_service=OTHER network_interface=${PRIM_INT} {hostname=${SHORTHOST}.domain.com ip_address=${IP_ADDR} netmask=255.255.255.128} root_password=${PASSWD}" ;; 5.7 ) SYS_BODY="timezone=US/Central terminal=vt100 system_locale=en_US timeserver=localhost name_service=DNS {domain_name=domain.com name_server=${NS_LIST}} network_interface=primary {hostname=${SHORTHOST}.domain.com ip_address=${IP_ADDR} netmask=255.255.255.128} root_password=${PASSWD}"