The Communications Suite distribution is designed so that you can put the installation files in a shared location. The benefit of this is that the installation files can then be run from this shared location as often as needed.
This section provides instructions for making a Solaris SPARC installation image available on your site network.
Log in as root or become superuser.
Create a shared directory on your network. For example:
mkdir shared-location/comms5 |
Access your installation files from the web site, the CD, or the DVD, then prepare the installation files to be shared.
Installation cannot be done directly from a mounted ISO image. Instead, the image must be copied onto your network.
Create an installation image from the mounted ISO image. For example:
unzip compressed-file.zip lofiadm -a pathname/image.iso /dev/lofi/1 |
If /dev/lofi/1 is already in use, refer to the lofiadm (1M) man page.
mkdir mountpoint mount -F hsfs /dev/lofi/1 mountpoint cd mountpoint find . -print | cpio -pdum shared-location/comms5 |
After copying is done, unmount the ISO image:
cd umount mountpoint lofiadm -d /dev/lofi/l |
Repeat this step for the remaining ISO images.
Create an installation image from the CD or DVD. For example:
cd /cdrom/cdrom0 find . -print | cpio -pdum shared-location/comms5 |
Repeat this step for the remaining CDs.
Create an installation image from the compressed archive.
For example:
cd shared-location/comms5 unzip pathname/archive.zip |
Repeat this step for the remaining compressed archive files.
If you copy files for multiple platforms to the shared location, you will receive a query similar to the following in relation to the README file and the COPYRIGHT file:
File already exists. OK to overwrite?
Type Yes. These files are identical for all platforms.