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Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide

x86: To Create a Profile Diskette

Note –

This procedure assumes that the system is running Volume Manager. If you are not using Volume Manager to manage diskettes, CDs, and DVDs refer to System Administration Guide: Basic Administration for detailed information about managing removable media without Volume Manager.

  1. Log in as superuser on an IA system to which a diskette drive is attached.

  2. Insert the Solaris 8 Device Configuration Assistant Intel Platform Edition into the diskette drive (usually drive A:). You use this diskette as the profile diskette.

    x86 only –

    You can access the boot diskette software by downloading and copying the software to a diskette from the Solaris Developer Connection at http://soldc.sun.com/support/drivers/dcs_diskettes.

  3. Mount the diskette. 


    # volcheck

  4. Copy the image of the Solaris 8 Device Configuration Assistant to the system's hard disk. 


    # dd if=/vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 of=boot_image

    In the command, boot_image is the name of the file into which you want to copy the image of the Solaris 8 Device Configuration Assistant. You can specify an absolute path name.

    For example, the following command copies the boot diskette to a file that is named boot_save:


    dd if=/vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 of=boot_save

  5. Eject the diskette by clicking Eject Disk in the File Manager window or by typing eject floppy on the command line.

  6. In the Removable Media Manager dialog box, click OK.

  7. Manually eject the Solaris 8 Device Configuration Assistant Intel Platform Edition.

  8. Insert a blank diskette or a diskette that can be overwritten into the diskette drive.

  9. Mount the diskette. 


    # volcheck

  10. Format the diskette.

    Caution – Caution –

    Formatting erases all data on the diskette.


    # fdformat -d -U

  11. Copy the Solaris 8 Device Configuration Assistant image from the system's hard disk to the formatted diskette.


    # dd if=boot_image of=/vol/dev/aliases/floppy0

    In the command, boot_image is the name of the file where you want to copy the image of the Solaris 8 Device Configuration Assistant. You can specify an absolute path name.

  12. Determine if you want to copy examples of custom JumpStart files to your JumpStart directory.

    • If no, go to Step 15.

    • If yes, use the following decision table to determine what to do next.

    Example Locations 

    Instructions 

    The Solaris 8 Intel Platform Edition DVD or the Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 Intel Platform Edition

    Insert the Solaris 8 Intel Platform Edition DVD or the Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 Intel Platform Edition into the server's CD-ROM drive.

    Volume Manager automatically mounts the CD. 

    An image of the Solaris 8 Intel Platform Edition DVD or the Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 Intel Platform Edition on a local disk

    Change directory to the location of the Solaris 8 Intel Platform Edition DVD or the Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 Intel Platform Edition image. For example, type the following:


    cd /export/install

  13. Copy the example custom JumpStart files into the JumpStart directory on the profile diskette. 


    # cp -r media_path/Solaris_8/Misc/jumpstart_sample/* jumpstart_dir_path

    media_path

    The path to the CD, DVD, or image on the local disk 

    jumpstart_dir_path

    The path to the profile diskette where you want to place the example custom JumpStart files 

    Note –

    You must place all custom JumpStart installation files in the root (/) directory on the profile diskette.

    For example, the following command copies the contents of jumpstart_sample on the Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 Intel Platform Edition to the root (/) directory on a profile diskette that is named scrap:


    cp -r /cdrom/sol_8_ia/s2/Solaris_8/Misc/jumpstart_sample/* /floppy/scrap

  14. Update the example JumpStart files on the profile diskette so the files work in your environment.

  15. Ensure that root owns the JumpStart directory and that permissions are set to 755.

  16. Eject the diskette by clicking Eject Disk in the File Manager window or by typing eject floppy on the command line.

  17. In the Removable Media Manager dialog box, click OK.

  18. Manually eject the diskette.

You have completed the creation of a profile diskette. Now you can update the rules file and create profiles on the profile diskette to perform custom JumpStart installations. To continue, go to Creating the rules File.