IA: To Perform a Custom JumpStart Installation (Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide)

Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide

IA: To Perform a Custom JumpStart Installation

Use Table 10-3 to ensure that the system on which you intend to install Solaris 8 is correctly set up for a custom JumpStart installation.

Table 10-3 IA: Task Map: Setting Up a System for a Custom JumpStart Installation


Task	Description	For instructions, go to
Determine if you need to preserve an existing operating system and user data	If the existing operating system on the system uses the entire disk, you must preserve the existing operating system so it can co-exist with the Solaris 8 software. This decision determines how to specify the fdisk(1M) keyword in the system's profile.	"Preserving Existing Operating Systems and User Data" in the Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Installation Guide

Check if the system is supported	Check the hardware documentation to see if the system is supported in Solaris 8.	Solaris 8 (Intel Platform Edition) Hardware Compatibility List

Decide how to upgrade the system if a previous version of Solaris is installed on it	If a previous release of Solaris is installed on the system, you need to determine how to upgrade the system. Make sure you know what to do before and after you upgrade a system, as planning will help you set up your profiles, begin scripts, and finish scripts.	Chapter 5, Using the Solaris 8 Interactive Installation Program

Check if the system has enough disk space for the Solaris 8 software	Optional. There are many considerations when planning disk space, such as deciding which software group you want to install.	Chapter 2, Disk Space Planning

Preconfigure system configuration information	Optional. You can use the `sysidcfg` file or the name service to preconfigure installation information (for example, `locale`) for a system so you won't be prompted to supply the information during the installation.	Chapter 4, Preconfiguring System Configuration Information

Prepare system for custom JumpStart installation	You need to do some initial work to set up the system before you can install Solaris 8 software with custom JumpStart.	Chapter 6, Preparing Custom JumpStart Installations

Set up the system to install over the network	For network installations only To install a system from a remote Solaris 8 Software Intel Platform Edition CD image, you need to set up the system to boot and install from an install or boot server.	Chapter 9, Preparing to Install Solaris Software Over the Network

If the system is part of a network, make sure an Ethernet connector or similar network adapter is plugged into your system.

If you are installing a system connected through a tip(1) line, make sure your window display is at least 80 columns wide and 24 rows long.

Otherwise, the character installation interface displays incorrectly. To determine the current dimensions of your tip window, use the stty(1) command.

Do you intend to use a profile diskette to perform a custom JumpStart installation?
- If yes, insert the profile diskette into the system's diskette drive (usually the A: drive).
  
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  The profile diskette contains a copy of the Solaris 8 Device Configuration Assistant in addition to profile information.
- If no, insert the diskette labeled Solaris 8 Device Configuration Assistant Intel Platform Edition into the system's diskette drive (usually the A: drive).

If you intend to use the system's CD-ROM drive to install the Solaris 8 software on the system, insert the CD labeled Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 Intel Platform Edition into the system's CD-ROM drive.

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

The Device Configuration Assistant identifies the system's devices.

When the Boot Solaris screen is displayed, select the device from which to boot the system (either the system's CD-ROM drive (CD) or an install server on the network (NET)).

At the prompt:

Select the type of installation you want to perform:
 
         1 Solaris Interactive
         2 Custom JumpStart
 
Enter the number of your choice followed by the <ENTER> key.
 
If you enter anything else, or if you wait for 30 seconds,
an interactive installation will be started.

type 2 and press Enter to select the custom JumpStart installation method.

Note -

You must type 2 and press Enter before 30 seconds expire.

Have you preconfigured the system configuration?
- If yes, go to the next step.
- If no, when prompted, answer the questions about system configuration.

Follow the instructions on the screen to install the software.

After the installation is finished, a log of how the Solaris 8 software was installed on the system is saved in a file, as shown in Table 10-4.

Table 10-4 IA: Installation Log Locations


If the system was installed using the	The location of the log file is
Initial installation option	Before the system reboots: `/a/var/sadm/system/logs/install_log` After the system reboots: `/var/sadm/system/logs/install_log`
Upgrade option	Before the system reboots: `/a/var/sadm/system/logs/upgrade_log` After the system reboots: `/var/sadm/system/logs/upgrade_log`

Do you want to add packages to the Solaris 8 software you already installed?
- If no, stop, you're done.
- If yes, go to the next step.

Insert the CD that contains the packages you want to add into the system's CD-ROM drive.

Solaris Volume Manager automatically mounts the CD.

Use the pkgadd(1M) command to add the package or packages you want:
# /usr/sbin/pkgadd -d device_name pkgid
where device_name is the path to the CD that contains the software you want to add to the installed system and pkgid is the name of the software package you want to add to the installed system (SUNWaudio, for example).

Verify that the package was installed correctly:
# /usr/sbin/pkgchk -v pkgid
If the package was installed correctly, a list of installed files is displayed. If not, an error message is displayed.

IA: When Does a System Match a Rule?

During a custom JumpStart installation, JumpStart attempts to match the system being installed to the rules in the rules.ok file from the first rule through the last. A match occurs when the system being installed matches all of the system attributes defined in the rule. As soon as a system matches a rule, JumpStart stops reading the rules.ok file and begins to install the system based on the matched rule's profile.