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Solaris 8 Installation Supplement

Web Start Flash Introduction

The Web Start Flash installation feature enables you to create a single reference installation of the Solaris operating environment on a machine which is called the master machine. Then you can replicate that installation on a number of machines which are called clone machines. Installing clone machines with the Web Start Flash installation method is a three–part process.

  1. Install the master machine. – You select a machine and use any of the Solaris installation methods to install the Solaris operating environment and any other software.

  2. Create the Web Start Flash archive. – The Web Start Flash archive contains a copy of all of the files on the master machine.

  3. Install the Web Start Flash archive on clone machines. – When you install the Web Start Flash archive onto a machine, all of the files in the archive are copied to that machine. The newly installed machine now has the exact same installation configuration as the original master machine, thus it is called a clone machine.

Note –

You cannot upgrade a system that is running the Solaris operating environment by using the Web Start Flash installation feature. You can only perform an initial installation.