To Create a Web Start Flash Archive

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

1. Boot the master system and run it in as inactive a state as possible.

   When possible, run the system in single–user mode. If that is not possible, shut down any applications that you want to archive and any applications that require extensive operating system resources.

   You can create a Web Start Flash archive while the master system is running in multiuser mode, single-user mode, or while booted from one of the following:

   • Solaris 8 DVD

   • Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 CD

   • An image of the Solaris 8 Software and the Solaris 8 Languages CDs

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.