Create a Custom JumpStart diskette 

Users who can assume the roles admin and secadmin should be present.

Allocate diskette drive 

As admin, at label ADMIN_LOW, allocate the floppy drive. See "To Allocate a Device" if you are unsure of the steps.

Deallocate diskette drive 

As admin, at label ADMIN_LOW, deallocate the drive and remove the diskette. See "To Deallocate a Device" if you are unsure of the steps.

Format a diskette 

As admin, at label ADMIN_LOW, run the fdformat command.

Create a filesystem on a diskette 

As admin, at label ADMIN_LOW, run the newfs command.

Create a mount point on a diskette 

As admin, at label ADMIN_LOW, run the mkdir command.

Mount the directory 

As admin, at label ADMIN_LOW, run the mount command.

See Example 9-2 at the end of this table for a sample mount command.

Populate the directory 

As admin, at label ADMIN_LOW, run the cp command to copy the JumpStart sample directory to the diskette.

Create a JumpStart directory on a server 

As admin, at label ADMIN_LOW, run the mkdir command.

Share the directory 

For details of the procedure, see "How to Share a File System".

Share the file system 

For details of the procedure, see "How to Share a File System".

Enable access to JumpStart directory 

As admin, at label ADMIN_LOW, use the -c option to the add_install_client command to add JumpStart details to the local bootparams database.

Check access to JumpStart directory 

On the install server, as role admin at label ADMIN_LOW, view the bootparams database.

For details, see "To Locate a Solaris Management Console Tool".

$ mkdir /ts8_jumpstart
$ mount -F ufs /dev/diskette /ts8_jumpstart