To Set Up the Boot Server

1. Insert the Solaris CD into the CD-ROM drive on the boot server.

   After the CD is inserted, it will take about 1 minute for Volume Manager to mount the CD-ROM.

2. Log in to the boot server as superuser.

3. Change directories to the /Tools directory on the CD:

   # cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/Solaris_2.X/Tools

4. Execute the share(1M) command in the console window:

   # share -F nfs -o ro,anon=0 /cdrom/cdrom0/s0

5. Set up the host system as an install client:

   # ./add_install_client host_name sun4u

   The add_install_client(1M) command should share the CD across the net.

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   Note -

   If the /etc/nsswitch.conf file contains a DNS entry in its host list, you could receive the following message:

   Error: host_name does not exist in the NIS ethers map.

   If you receive this message, remove the DNS entry in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file, add the host_name to the ethers map if the name is not already in the map, and rerun the add_install_client(1M) command.

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6. Exit the superuser level.