Solaris 10 10/08 Installation Guide: Solaris Flash Archives (Creation and Installation)
SPARC: Supporting Peripheral Devices Not
Found on the Master System
Choosing the drivers to install on the master system has the following
dependencies.
The Entire Plus OEM Software Group installs all drivers regardless of
the hardware that is present on the system. Other software groups provide
limited support. If you install another software group and the clone systems
have different peripheral devices than the master system, you need to install
the appropriate drivers on the master system before you create the archive.
How to Get the Support for Peripherals That You Need
You can install support for peripherals on clone systems that are different
from the master system in by installing the Entire Plus OEM Software Group
or installing selected packages.
Type of Installation
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Description
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Install the Entire Plus OEM Software Group
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The Entire Plus OEM Software Group is the largest Software Group available.
This group contains every package that is found in the Solaris OS. The Entire
Plus OEM Software Group installs all drivers regardless of the hardware that
is present on the system. A Solaris Flash archive that is created with
the Entire Plus OEM Software Group works on any clone system that has peripheral
devices supported by the installed release of the Solaris OS.
Installing master systems with the Entire Plus OEM Software Group guarantees
compatibility with other peripheral configurations. However, the Entire Plus
OEM Software Group requires at least 2.9 Gbytes of disk space. The clone
systems might not have the space that is required to install the Entire Plus
OEM Software Group.
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Install other software groups
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If you install the master system with the following software groups,
you are limiting the support for peripherals. The master system supports only
the peripheral devices that are attached to the master system at the time
of installation.
Installing these software groups could result in your clone systems
failing to have all the drivers needed. For example, if you install the Entire
Software Group on a master system that has a GX CG6 frame buffer, only the
GX CG6 frame buffer driver is installed. This situation is not a problem if
all the clone systems that you want to install have the GX CG6 frame buffer
or no frame buffer.
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Install selected packages
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When you install the master system, you can install only the packages
that you need for the master system and the clone systems. By selecting specific
packages, you can install only support for the peripherals that you know exist
on the master system or clone systems.
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