Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide

NFS Server

If the archive is stored on an NFS server, use the following syntax for the archive_location keyword.


archive_location nfs server_name:/path/filename retry n

Valid retrieval_type Values

Valid location Values

Specifies 

nfs

server_name:/path/filename retry n

  • server_name is the name of the server where you stored the archive.

  • path is the location of the archive to be retrieved from the specified server. If the path contains $HOST, the Web Start Flash installation utilities replace $HOST with the name of the clone system that you are installing.

  • filename is the name of the Web Start Flash archive file.

  • retry n is an optional keyword. n is the maximum number of times the Web Start Flash utilities attempt to mount the archive.

Examples:

archive_location nfs golden:/archives/usrarchive

archive_location nfs://golden/archives/usrarchive