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Solaris 9 Installation Guide

x86: To Perform an Installation or Upgrade With the Custom JumpStart Program

  1. If the system is part of a network, ensure that an Ethernet connector or similar network adapter is attached to your system.

  2. If you want to install a system that is connected through a tip(1) line, ensure that your window display is at least 80 columns wide and 24 rows long.

    To determine the current dimensions of your tip window, use the stty(1) command.

  3. If you are using a profile diskette, insert the profile diskette into the system's diskette drive.

    Note –

    The profile diskette contains a copy of the Solaris 9 Device Configuration Assistant in addition to profile information. If you are using PXE network boot to boot the system over the network, you must configure your system so that the system boots from the network and not from the diskette.

  4. If you are using the system's DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive to install the Solaris 9 software, insert the Solaris 9 x86 Platform Edition DVD or the Solaris 9 Software 1 of 2 x86 Platform Edition CD in the drive.

  5. Decide how to boot the system.

    • If you boot from the Solaris 9 DVD or the Solaris 9 Installation CD, insert the disc. Your system's BIOS must support booting from a DVD or CD.

    • If you boot from the network, use Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) network boot. The system must support PXE. Enable the system to use PXE by using the systems's BIOS setup tool or the network adapter's configuration setup tool.

    • If you boot from a Diskette – Use the profile diskette that you inserted into the drive in Step 3 or insert the Solaris 9 Device Configuration Assistant x86 Platform Edition diskette into the system's diskette drive.

      x86 only –

      You can copy the Device Configuration Assistant software to a diskette by the following methods:

  6. If the system is off, turn the system on. If the system is on, reboot the system.

    The Device Configuration Assistant identifies the system's devices.

  7. On the Boot Solaris screen, select the device from which to boot the system. Select DVD, CD, Net, or Disk.

  8. At the prompt, perform one of the following:


    Select the type of installation you want to perform:
 
         1 Solaris Interactive
         2 Custom JumpStart
 
Enter the number of your choice followed by the <ENTER> key.
 
If you enter anything else, or if you wait for 30 seconds,
an interactive installation will be started.

    To select the custom JumpStart method, perform one of the following actions:

    Note –

    If you do not type 2 or type a boot command within 30 seconds, the Solaris suninstall program begins. You can stop the timer by typing any key on the command line.

    • Type 2 and press Enter.

    • To specify the location of the custom JumpStart configuration files, type the following command:


      b install [[url:ask]] [[dhcp]] [[nowin]]

      url

      Specifies the location of the custom JumpStart files. You can specify a URL for files that are located in the following places: 

      • Local hard disk


        file://jumpstart_dir_path/compressed_config_file

      • NFS server


        nfs://server_name:IP_address/jumpstart_dir_path/compressed_config _file

      • HTTP server


        http://server_name:IP_address/jumpstart_dir_path/
compressed_config_file&proxy_info

      If you placed a sysidcfg file in the compressed configuration file, you must specify the IP address of the server that contains the file, as in the following example:


      http://131.141.2.32/jumpstart/config.tar

      If you saved the compressed configuration file on an HTTP server that is behind a firewall, you must use a proxy specifier during boot. You do not need to specify an IP address for the server that contains the file. You must specify an IP address for the proxy server, as in the following example: 


      http://www.shadow.com/jumpstart/
config.tar&proxy=131.141.6.151

      ask 

      Specifies that the installation program prompt you to type the location of the compressed configuration file after the system boots and connects to the network. 

      If you bypass the prompt by pressing Return, the installation program interactively configures the network parameters. The installation program then prompts you for the location of the compressed configuration file. If you bypass the prompt by pressing Return, the Solaris suninstall program begins.

      dhcp 

      Specifies to use a DHCP server to obtain network installation information that is needed to boot the system. 

      If you do not specify to use a DHCP server, the system uses the /etc/bootparams file or the name service bootparams database.

      nowin 

      Specifies not to begin the X program. You do not need to use the X program to perform a custom JumpStart installation, so you can reduce the installation time by using the nowin option.

  9. If you did not preconfigure system information in the sysidcfg file, when prompted, answer the questions about system configuration.

  10. Follow the instructions on the screen to install the software.

    When the JumpStart program finishes installing the Solaris software, the system reboots automatically.

    After the installation is finished, installation logs are saved in a file. You can find the installation logs in the following directories:

    • /var/sadm/system/logs

    • /var/sadm/install/logs