Installing the wanboot Program on the WAN Boot Server

WAN boot uses a special second-level boot program (wanboot) to install the client. The wanboot program loads the WAN boot miniroot, client configuration files, and installation files that are required to perform a WAN boot installation.

To perform a WAN boot installation, you must provide the wanboot program to the client during the installation. You can provide this program to the client in the following ways.

• If your client's PROM supports WAN boot, you can transmit the program from the WAN boot server to the client. You must install the wanboot program on the WAN boot server.

  To check if your client's PROM supports WAN boot, see To Check the Client OBP for WAN Boot Support.

• If your client's PROM does not support WAN boot, you must provide the program to the client on a local CD. If your client's PROM does not support WAN boot, go to Creating the /etc/netboot Hierarchy on the WAN Boot Server to continue preparing for your installation.

SPARC: To Install the wanboot Program on the WAN Boot Server

This procedure describes how to copy the wanboot program from Solaris media to the WAN boot server.

This procedure assumes that the WAN boot server is running the Volume Manager. If you are not using the Volume Manager, see System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems.

Before You Begin

Verify that your client system supports WAN boot. See To Check the Client OBP for WAN Boot Support for more information.

1. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role on the install server.

2. Insert the Solaris Software - 1 CD or the Solaris DVD in the install server's drive.

3. Change to the sun4u platform directory on the Solaris Software - 1 CD or the Solaris DVD.

   # cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/Solaris_11/Tools/Boot/platform/sun4u/

4. Copy the wanboot program to the install server.

   # cp wanboot /document-root-directory/wanboot/wanboot-name

   document-root-directory

   Specifies the document root directory of the WAN boot server.

   wanboot-name

   Specifies the name of the wanboot program. Name this file descriptively, for example, wanboot.s10_sparc.

5. Make the wanboot program available to the WAN boot server in one of the following ways.

   • Create a symbolic link to the wanboot program in the document root directory of the WAN boot server.

     # cd /document-root-directory/wanboot # ln -s /wan-dir-path/wanboot .

     document-root-directory/wanboot

     Specifies the directory in the WAN boot server's document root directory where you want to link to the wanboot program

     /wan-dir-path/wanboot

     Specifies the path to the wanboot program

   • Move the WAN boot miniroot to the document root directory on the WAN boot server.

     # mv /wan-dir-path/wanboot /document-root-directory/wanboot/wanboot-name

     wan-dir-path/wanboot

     Specifies the path to the wanboot program

     /document-root-directory/wanboot/

     Specifies the path to the wanboot program directory in the WAN boot server's document root directory.

     wanboot-name

     Specifies the name of the wanboot program. Name the file descriptively, for example wanboot.s10_sparc.

Example 11–3 Installing the wanboot Program on the WAN Boot Server

To install the wanboot program on the WAN boot server, copy the program from the Solaris Software media to the WAN boot server's document root directory.

Insert the Solaris DVD or the Solaris Software - 1 CD in the media drive that is attached to wanserver-1 and type the following commands.

wanserver-1# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/Solaris_11/Tools/Boot/platform/sun4u/
wanserver-1# cp wanboot /opt/apache/htdocs/wanboot/wanboot.s10_sparc

In this example, the name of the wanboot program is set to wanboot.s10_sparc.

Continuing the WAN Boot Installation

After you install the wanboot program on the WAN boot server, you must create the /etc/netboot hierarchy on the WAN boot server. For instructions, see Creating the /etc/netboot Hierarchy on the WAN Boot Server.

See Also

For overview information about the wanboot program, see What Is WAN Boot?.