Starting remote procedure call (RPC) services: sysidns done. cat: cannot open /cdrom/.cdtoc cat: cannot open /cdrom/.cdtoc expr: syntax error expr: syntax error cat: cannot open /cdrom/.cdtoc expr: syntax error Starting Solaris installation program... Searching for JumpStart directory... Using rules.ok from 192.168.100.11:/export/conf. Checking rules.ok file... Using profile: new_class Using finish script: set_root_pw Executing JumpStart preinstall phase... Searching for SolStart directory... Checking rules.ok file... Using begin script: install_begin Using finish script: patch_finish Executing SolStart preinstall phase... Executing begin script "install_begin"... Begin script install_begin execution completed. ERROR: Could not load the media (/cdrom) # THIS THING IS DRIVIN ME NUTSSS!!!

Have you run all the setupscripts for the jumpstartserver from the CD or are you doing it the hard way?? Doing it the simple way: You need Solaris CD1, CD2 and Languages (not necessary) 1) Create an empty directory on a slice with aproximately 1GB free space to be shared via NFS as the install-image directory on the boot-/installserver to be. In this example: /export/jumpstart 2) Insert CD1 in the boot-/installserver to be. Now enter the directory containing the setupscripts by entering: cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/Solaris_8/Tools 3) Now run the setup_install_server script with the following command: ./setup_install_server /export/jumpstart This will copy the install-image to the /export/jumpstart directory. 4) When done, insert CD2 and go to the directory: cd /cdrom/cdrom0/Solaris_8/Tools 5) Now run the script add_to_install_server: ./add_to_install_server /export/jumpstart This will add CD2 to the install-image. 6) Insert the Laguages CD and repeat step 4 and 5. 7) And now to the "funny" part, letīs setup the clients to be installed from the jumpstartserver. To do this we need to run the script add_install_client FROM THE INSTALL-IMAGE DIRECTORY!. Go to the install-image directory /export/jumpstart (in this example): cd /export/jumpstart 8) Before you run the script you need some information about the client: IP-address, Ethernet-address, Hostname of the client and finaly the client architecture (that is the name of the clients platformgroup ex. sun4u) 9) Having gathered this information, letīs look on the flags of the script: -e ETHERNET_ADDRESS The clients MAC-address. -i IP_ADDRESS The clients ip-address -d Specifies the client as a dhcp-client (may cause trouble) -s INSTALL_SVR:/SHARED_INSTALL_IMAGE This tells the client where to find the OS. -c CONFIG_SVR:/CONFIG_DIR This tells the client where to find the the configuration files. -p SYSIDCFG_SVR:/SYSID_CONFIG_DIR This tells the client where to find the sysidcfg-file. CLIENT_NAME This is the hostname of the client CLIENT_ARCH This is the name of the platformgroup of the client. In this example if the hostname of the client is "jupiter", the platformgroup is "sun4u" (sparc5) and the name of the installserver is "master" the command should look like this: ./add_install_client -s master:/export/jumpstart -e 8:0:20:21:49:25 -i 192.168.172.20 -p master:/export/jumpstart -c master:/export/jumpstart jupiter sun4u If it runs without errors everything is done. 10) Now startup you client-machine and enter boot net //TechMark

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