Chapter 7 Creating Web Start Flash Archives

This chapter provides the procedures for creating a Web Start Flash archive.

• Creating Web Start Flash Archives Task Map

• Creating Web Start Flash Archives Tasks

Creating Web Start Flash Archives Task Map

Table 7–1 Creating a Web Start Flash Archive Task Map

Task	Description	For Instructions, Go To
Install your chosen configuration on the master machine.	Determine the configuration that meets your needs and use any of the Solaris installation methods to install the master machine.	Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide
Create the Web Start Flash archive.	Use the flarcreate command to create an archive.	How to Create a Web Start Flash Archive

Creating Web Start Flash Archives Tasks

This section provides the procedures for installing a master machine and then creating a Web Start Flash archive from that master machine.

How to Install the Master Machine

You install the master machine with the configuration that you want other machines to have. Use any of the existing Solaris installation methods to install the Solaris operating environment onto the master machine.

1. Identify the system configuration that you want to install.

2. With the use of the Solaris installation methods, install the Solaris operating environment on the master machine. For a discussion of the different installation methods, see Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide.

3. Customize your Solaris installation in any of the following ways:

   • Delete software

   • Add software

   • Modify configuration files

   • Add support for peripheral devices on the clone machine

How to Create a Web Start Flash Archive

After you install the master machine, create a Web Start Flash archive to use to install other machines.

1. Boot the master machine and run it in as static a state as possible.

   You can create a Web Start Flash archive while the master machine is running in multiuser mode, single-user mode, or while booted from the Solaris Software 1 of 2 CD or from a Solaris net image.

2. To create the archive, use the flarcreate command.

   # flarcreate -n name options path/filename

   In this command line:

   • name is the name that you give the archive. The name you specify is the value of the content_name keyword.

   • path is the path to the directory in which you want to save the archive file. If you do not specify a path to save the archive, flarcreate saves the archive file in the current directory.

   • filename is the name of the archive file.

   For a list of command–line options, refer to flarcreate.

   If the archive creation is successful, the flarcreate command returns an exit code of 0. If the archive creation fails, the flarcreate command returns a nonzero exit code.