SPARC: Performing a JumpStart Installation

During a JumpStart installation, the JumpStart program attempts to match the system that is being installed to the rules in the rules.ok file. The JumpStart program reads the rules from the first rule through the last. A match occurs when the system that is being installed matches all the system attributes that are defined in the rule. When a system matches a rule, the JumpStart program stops reading the rules.ok file and begins to install the system, based on the matched rule's profile.

You can install a full archive for an initial installation or if you have already installed an archive, a differential archive for an update. You can use the JumpStart installation method or use Live Upgrade to install an archive on an inactive boot environment. For an overview of a full or differential archive, see Chapter 1, Flash Archive Overview, in Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 Installation Guide: Flash Archives (Creation and Installation).

To Prepare to Install a Flash Archive With a JumpStart Installation

This procedure provides the instructions to install an archive with JumpStart. For procedures about installing an archive on an inactive boot environment by using Live Upgrade, see How to Install a Flash Archive With a Profile in Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 Installation Guide: Live Upgrade and Upgrade Planning.

Before You Begin

Review the limitations on flash archive installations in Table 6-1

1. On the install server, create the JumpStart rules file.

   For detailed instructions about creating JumpStart files, refer to Chapter 3, Preparing JumpStart Installations (Tasks).

2. On the install server, create the JumpStart profile file.

   For examples of Flash Archive profiles, see Profile Examples.

   For information about the only keywords valid when you install a Flash Archive, see Table 8-2,

   1. Set the value of the keyword install_type.

      • For a full archive installation, set the value to flash_install.

      • For a differential archive installation, set the value to flash_update.

   2. Add the path to the flash archive by using the archive_location keyword.

      For details about the archive_location keyword, refer to archive_location Keyword.

   3. Specify the file system configuration.

      The Flash Archive extraction process does not support auto-layout of partitions.

   4. (Optional) If you want to install additional packages at the same time you install an archive, use the package keyword.

      For more information, see package Profile Keyword (UFS and ZFS).

   5. (Optional) If you want to install an additional flash archive on the clone system, add one archive_location line for each archive that you want to install.
3. On the install server, add the clients that you are installing with the flash archive.

   For detailed instructions, refer to the following:

   • Adding Systems to Be Installed From the Network With a DVD Image in Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations

   • Adding Systems to Be Installed From the Network With a CD Image in Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations

4. Perform the JumpStart installation on the clone systems.

   For detailed instructions, refer to SPARC: To Perform an Installation or Upgrade With the JumpStart Program.

SPARC: To Perform an Installation or Upgrade With the JumpStart Program

Before You Begin

• If the system is part of a network, ensure that an Ethernet connector or similar network adapter is attached to your system.

• If you are installing a system that is connected through a tip(1) line, ensure that your window display is at least 80 columns wide and 24 rows long.

  To determine the current dimensions of your tip window, use the stty(1) command.

1. If you are using the system's DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive to install the Oracle Solaris software, insert the Oracle Solaris Operating System for SPARC Platforms DVD or the Oracle Solaris Software for SPARC Platforms - 1 CD in the drive.
2. If you are using a profile diskette, insert the profile diskette in the system's diskette drive.
3. Boot the system.

   • If the system is new and unmodified, turn on the system.

   • If you want to install or upgrade an existing system, shut down the system. At the ok prompt, type the appropriate options for the boot command. The syntax of the boot command is the following.

     ok boot [cd–dvd|net] - install [url|ask] options

     For example, if you type the following command, the OS is installed over the network by using a JumpStart profile.

     ok boot net - install http://131.141.2.32/jumpstart/config.tar

     For a description of the boot command options, see the following table.

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   SPARC only - The system checks hardware and system components and your SPARC based system boots. Booting lasts several minutes.

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4. If you did not preconfigure system information in the sysidcfg file, when prompted, answer the questions about system configuration.

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   Note - Starting with the Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 release, if you do not include the auto_reg keyword in the sysidcfg file, you will be prompted to provide your support credentials and proxy information for Auto Registration.

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5. Follow the instructions on the screen to install the software.

   When the JumpStart program finishes installing the Oracle Solaris software, the system reboots automatically.

   After the installation is finished, installation logs are saved in a file. You can find the installation logs in the following directories:

   • /var/sadm/system/logs

   • /var/sadm/install/logs

SPARC: Command Reference for the boot Command

The syntax of the boot command is as follows:

ok boot [cd–dvd|net] - install [url|ask] options

The following table describes the command-line options for the boot command that are appropriate for a JumpStart installation.