Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations

x86: To Perform an Installation or Upgrade With the Custom JumpStart Program

For the Solaris 10 3/05 release, use this procedure to install the Solaris OS.

Steps

If the system is part of a network, ensure that an Ethernet connector or similar network adapter is attached to your system.

If you want to install a system that is connected through a tip(1) line, ensure that your window display is at least 80 columns wide and 24 rows long.

To determine the current dimensions of your tip window, use the stty(1) command.

If you are using a profile diskette, insert the profile diskette into the system's diskette drive.

Note –
The profile diskette contains a copy of the Solaris 10 3/05 Device Configuration Assistant in addition to profile information. If you are using PXE network boot to boot the system over the network, you must configure your system so that the system boots from the network and not from the diskette.

Decide how to boot the system.
- If you boot from the Solaris Operating System DVD or the Solaris Software - 1 CD, insert the disc. Your system's BIOS must support booting from a DVD or CD.
- If you boot from the network, use Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) network boot. The system must support PXE. Enable the system to use PXE by using the system's BIOS setup tool or the network adapter's configuration setup tool.
- If you boot from a Diskette – Use the profile diskette that you inserted into the drive in Step 3 or insert the Solaris 10 3/05 Device Configuration Assistant diskette into the system's diskette drive.
  
  x86 only –
  You can copy the Device Configuration Assistant software to a diskette from the Solaris Operating System for x86 Platforms DVD or Solaris Software for x86 Platforms - 2 CD by using the procedure in Solaris 10 3/05 for x86: Copying the Boot Software to a Diskette in Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations.

If the system is off, turn the system on. If the system is on, reboot the system.

The Device Configuration Assistant identifies the system's devices.

On the Boot Solaris screen, select the device from which to boot the system. Select DVD, CD, Net, or Disk.

At the prompt, perform one of the following:

Select the type of installation you want to perform:
 
         1 Solaris Interactive
         2 Custom JumpStart         
         3 Solaris Interactive Text (Desktop session)
         4 Solaris Interactive Text (Console session) 

Enter the number of your choice followed by the <ENTER> key.
Alternatively, enter custom boot arguments directly.

If you wait for 30 seconds without typing anything,
an interactive installation will be started.

To select the custom JumpStart method, perform one of the following actions:

Note –

If you do not type 2 or type a boot command within 30 seconds, the Solaris interactive installation program begins. You can stop the timer by typing any key on the command line.
If you select items 1, 3, or 4, you install with an interactive installation. For information on interactive installations, see Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations.

Type 2 and press Enter.
Type the appropriate options for the b command. The syntax of the command is the following.
b install url:ask options
For example, if you type the following command, the OS is installed over the network by using a JumpStart profile.
ok b install http://131.141.2.32/jumpstart/config.tar
For a description of the b command options, see the table below.

If you did not preconfigure system information in the sysidcfg file, when prompted, answer the questions about system configuration.

Follow the instructions on the screen to install the software.

When the JumpStart program finishes installing the Solaris software, the system reboots automatically.

After the installation is finished, installation logs are saved in a file. You can find the installation logs in the following directories:
- /var/sadm/system/logs
- /var/sadm/install/logs