Finishing Custom JumpStart

To complete the Custom JumpStart installation the profiles, rules, and rules.ok files you have customized for JumpStart must be added to jumpstart_dir_path. Check that all interactive prompts can be answered.

Copy JumpStart Files to jumpstart_dir_path

1. As root, at label admin_low, launch a terminal and change to the JumpStart directory.

   If the jumpstart_dir_path is on a diskette, you must allocate the device first. See "How to Create a JumpStart Directory on a Diskette" for the procedure.

   # cd jumpstart_dir_path

2. If you are using a working directory rather than the jumpstart_dir_path to create custom JumpStart files, copy them to jumpstart_dir_path.

   All of your profiles, the rules file, the rules.ok file, and the finish script (finish.sh) should be copied to jumpstart_dir_path.

   For example, the following commands copy the contents of the working directory /export/tmp. All custom JumpStart profiles have followed a convention of using "profile" as the last part of the file name.

   # cd /export/tmp # cp finish.sh *profile* rules rules.ok jumpstart_dir_path

3. Check file permissions.

   File or Directory	Owner	Permissions	Label
   jumpstart_dir_path	root	755	admin_low[admin_low]
   profiles	root	644	admin_low[admin_low]
   rules, rules.ok	root	644	admin_low[admin_low]
   finish.sh	root	755	admin_low[admin_low]

4. As root, at label admin_low, deallocate the diskette drive if the jumpstart_dir_path is on a diskette.

   Result: The custom JumpStart files are available to the installation program.

Check That All Installation Questions Can Be Answered

A custom JumpStart installation prompts you interactively if the installation program cannot get information that it requires.

Did you complete the following procedures?

• "Create an Install Server"

• "Set the Default Date and Time"

• "Add Client Information for a Network Install"

• "How to Create a JumpStart Directory on a Server" or "How to Create a JumpStart Directory on a Diskette"

• "How to Enable Access to the JumpStart Directory"

• "How to Create a Profile"

• "How to Create the rules File"

• "Copy JumpStart Files to jumpstart_dir_path"

To read about the optional features available for custom JumpStart installations, see Chapter 9, Using Optional Custom JumpStart Features.

To install a workstation using custom JumpStart, use the appropriate booting procedure in Chapter 3, Installing a Workstation.