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Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide

Local Device

You can retrieve a Web Start Flash archive from a local device if you stored the Web Start Flash archive on a file system-oriented, random-access device, such as a diskette or a CD-ROM. Use the following syntax for the archive_location keyword.

Note –

You can retrieve an archive from stream-oriented devices, such as tape, by using the syntax for local tape. 


archive_location local_device device path/filename file_system_type

Valid retrieval_type Values

Valid location Values

Specifies 

local_device

device path/filename file_system_type

  • device is the name of the drive where you stored the Web Start Flash archive. If the device name is a canonical path, the device is mounted directly. If you supply a device name that is not a canonical path, the Web Start Flash installation utilities add /dev/dsk/ to the path.

  • path is the path to the Web Start Flash archive, relative to the root of the file system on the device you specified. 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.

  • file_system_type specifies the type of file system on the device. If you do not supply a file system type, the Web Start Flash installation utilities attempt to mount a UFS file system. If the UFS mount fails, the Web Start Flash installation utilities attempt to mount an HSFS file system.

Examples:

To retrieve an archive from a local hard drive that is formatted as a UFS file system, use the following command:

archive_location local_device c0t0d0s0 /archives/$HOST

To retrieve an archive from a local CD-ROM that has an HSFS file system, use the following command:

archive_location local_device c0t0d0s0 /archives/usrarchive