Installing Patches That Support Net Installs and Custom JumpStart

MU4 contains several patches that correct problems with Interactive Install and Custom JumpStart. If you have servers that support Solaris 7 Net Install, install the patches that correspond to the OS images located on the Net Install servers.

Table 2-5 Net Install and Custom JumpStart Patches for the Solaris Sparc Platform Edition

Operating Environment Version	Patch ID Number
Solaris 7, 3/99, 5/99, and 8/99	106733-07, 106978-09, 107470-01, 108136-01

Table 2-6 Net Install and Custom JumpStart Patches for the Solaris Intel Platform Edition

Operating Environment Version	Patch ID Number
Solaris 7, 3/99, 5/99, and 8/99	106734-07, 106979-09, 107471-01, 108137-01

The patches affect the miniroot (the files located under Tools/Boot on the OS image) and are installed differently than other Solaris patches.

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Note -

The miniroot is found on full Net Install servers and Boot servers. You must patch the miniroot in both locations. If you patch a Net Install server and subsequently make a Boot server from it using the setup_install_server command, the new Boot server incorporates the patch applied to the Net Install server.

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To install the patches:

1. Change directory to the Net Install patches directory.

   • From a local copy of the MU4 image, type:

     # cd local_directory/Solaris_7_MU4/platform/Patches/netinstall_patches

   • From the MU4 CD, type:

     # cd /cdrom/Solaris_7_MU4/platform/Patches/netinstall_patches

   where platform is either sparc or i386

2. Install the patches using the following command:

   # patchadd -C path_to_OS_image/Solaris_2.7/Tools/Boot -M . patchlist