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Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations     Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Information Library
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Preface

Part I Using Custom JumpStart

1.  Where to Find Oracle Solaris Installation Planning Information

2.  Custom JumpStart (Overview)

3.  Preparing Custom JumpStart Installations (Tasks)

4.  Using Optional Custom JumpStart Features (Tasks)

Creating Begin Scripts

Important Information About Begin Scripts

Creating Derived Profiles With a Begin Script

Tracking Installation Duration With a Begin Script and Finish Script

Creating Finish Scripts

Important Information About Finish Scripts

To Add Files With a Finish Script

Adding Packages or Patches With a Finish Script

Customizing the Root Environment With a Finish Script

Non-Interactive Installations With Finish Scripts

Creating a Compressed Configuration File

To Create a Compressed Configuration File

Compressed Configuration File Example

Creating Disk Configuration Files

SPARC: To Create a Disk Configuration File

SPARC: Disk Configuration File Example

x86: To Create a Disk Configuration File

x86: Disk Configuration File Example

Using a Site-Specific Installation Program

5.  Creating Custom Rule and Probe Keywords (Tasks)

6.  Performing a Custom JumpStart Installation (Tasks)

7.  Installing With Custom JumpStart (Examples)

8.  Custom JumpStart (Reference)

9.  Installing a ZFS Root Pool With JumpStart

Part II Appendices

A.  Troubleshooting (Tasks)

B.  Additional SVR4 Packaging Requirements (Reference)

Glossary

Index

Using a Site-Specific Installation Program

You can also use begin and finish scripts to create your own installation program to install Oracle Solaris software.

When you specify a minus sign (-) in the profile field, begin and finish scripts control how Oracle Solaris software is installed on a system instead of the profile and the Oracle Solaris installation program.

For example, if the following rule matches a system, the x_install.beg begin script and the x_install.fin finish script install Oracle Solaris software on the system that is named clover:

hostname clover x_install.beg - x_install.fin