- Book Information
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Overview of Solaris 8 Installation
- Chapter 2 Disk Space Planning
- Chapter 3 Organization of Solaris 8 CDs
- Chapter 4 Preconfiguring System Configuration Information
- Chapter 5 Using the Solaris 8 Interactive Installation Program
- Ways to Upgrade a System
- Upgrade With Disk Space Reallocation
- Frequently Asked Questions About Upgrading
- Upgrading From Solaris 8 or a Solaris 8 Update: the Patch Analyzer
- SPARC: Upgrading a System
- SPARC: Using the Solaris 8 Interactive Installation Program
- IA: Upgrading a System
- IA: Using the Solaris 8 Interactive Installation Program
- Chapter 6 Preparing Custom JumpStart Installations
- Custom JumpStart Scenario
- What Happens During a Custom JumpStart Installation
- Task Map: Preparing Custom JumpStart Installations
- Creating a Profile Server
- Allowing All Systems Access to the Profile Server
- Creating a Profile Diskette
- Creating the rules File
- Creating a Profile
- What Is a Profile?
- Syntax of Profiles
- Syntax of Profile Keywords and Values
- backup_media Profile Keyword
- boot_device Profile Keyword
- client_arch Profile Keyword
- client_root Profile Keyword
- client_swap Profile Keyword
- cluster Profile Keyword (Adding Software Groups)
- cluster Profile Keyword (Adding or Deleting Clusters)
- dontuse Profile Keyword
- IA: fdisk Profile Keyword
- filesys Profile Keyword (Mounting Remote File Systems)
- filesys Profile Keyword (Creating Local File Systems)
- geo locale Profile Keyword
- install_type Profile Keyword
- isa_bits Profile Keyword
- layout_constraint Profile Keyword
- locale locale_name Profile Keyword
- num_clients Profile Keyword
- package Profile Keyword
- partitioning Profile Keyword
- root_device Profile Keyword
- system_type Profile Keyword
- usedisk Profile Keyword
- How the Size of swap Is Determined
- How the System's Root Disk Is Determined
- To Create a Profile
- Sample Profiles
- Testing a Profile
- Validating the rules File
- Chapter 7 Using Optional Custom JumpStart Features
- Chapter 8 Creating Custom Rule and Probe Keywords
- Chapter 9 Preparing to Install Solaris Software Over the Network
- Chapter 10 Performing a Custom JumpStart Installation
- Chapter 11 Example of Setting Up and Installing Solaris Software With Custom JumpStart
- Sample Site Setup
- Create an Install Server
- Create a Boot Server for Marketing Systems
- Create a JumpStart Directory
- Share the JumpStart Directory
- SPARC: Create the Engineering Group's Profile
- IA: Create the Marketing Group's Profile
- Update the rules File
- Check the rules File
- SPARC: Set Up Engineering Systems to Install Over the Network
- IA: Set Up Marketing Systems to Install Over the Network
- SPARC: Boot the Engineering Systems and Install Solaris 8 Software
- IA: Boot the Marketing Systems and Install Solaris 8 Software
- Chapter 12 Troubleshooting
- Appendix A Platform Names and Groups
- Appendix B Locale Values
- Glossary
- Index