To Create a Temporary Solaris 9 Environment to Test a Profile

To test a profile for a particular Solaris release successfully and accurately, you must test a profile within the Solaris environment of the same release. For example, if you want to test a Solaris 9 initial installation profile, run the pfinstall command on a system that is running the Solaris 9 operating environment.

You need to create a temporary installation environment if you are testing a profile under one of the following conditions:

• You want to test a Solaris 9 upgrade profile on a system that is running a previous version of the Solaris software.

• You do not have a Solaris 9 system installed yet to test Solaris 9 initial installation profiles.

1. Boot a system from an image of one of the following:

   • Solaris SPARC Platform Edition DVD

   • Solaris x86 Platform Edition DVD

   • Solaris Software 1 of 2 SPARC Platform Edition CD

   • Solaris Software 1 of 2 x86 Platform Edition CD

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   Note –

   If you want to test an upgrade profile, boot the system that you are upgrading.

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2. Respond to the system identification questions.

3. Exit from the installation program.

   • If you are using the Solaris DVD, type ! at the following prompt.

     Solaris Web Start will assist you in installing software for Solaris. <Press ENTER to continue> {"!" exits}

   • If you are using the Solaris Software 1 of 2 CD, select the Solaris suninstall program as the program to install the Solaris 9 operating environment. On the first screen that is displayed, select Exit.

4. Execute the pfinstall command from the shell. For details about using the pfinstall command, see Step 7 in To Test a Profile.