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Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide

To Create an Install Server

SPARC only –

You cannot use a SunOS 4.1 system as an install server.

  1. On the system that is to become the install server, become superuser.

    The system must include a CD-ROM drive and be part of the site's network and name service. If you use a name service, the system must also be in the NIS, NIS+, DNS, or LDAP name service. If you do not use a name service, you must distribute information about this system by following your site's policies.

    Note –

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

  2. Insert the Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 CD into the system's CD-ROM drive.

  3. Decide if you want to copy the Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 and Solaris 8 Software 2 of 2 CDs to the install server's hard disk.

  4. Change to the Tools directory on the mounted CD:

    • For the SPARC Platform Edition CD type:


      # cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/Solaris_8/Tools

    • For the Intel Platform Edition CD type:


      # cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s2/Solaris_8/Tools

  5. Copy the CD in the CD-ROM drive to the install server's hard disk by using the setup_install_server command:


    # ./setup_install_server install_dir_path

    In this command, install_dir_path specifies the directory where the CD image is to be copied. The directory must be empty.

    Note –

    The setup_install_server command indicates whether or not there is enough disk space available for the Solaris 8 Software CD images. To determine available disk space, use the df -kl command.

  6. Eject the Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 CD.

  7. Insert the Solaris 8 Software 2 of 2 CD into the system's CD-ROM drive.

  8. Change to the Tools directory on the mounted CD: 


    # cd /cdrom/cdrom0/Solaris_8/Tools

  9. Copy the CD in the CD-ROM drive to the install server's hard disk by using the add_to_install_server command:


    # ./add_to_install_server install_dir_path

    In this command, install_dir_path specifies the directory where the CD image is to be copied.

  10. Eject the Solaris 8 Software 2 of 2 CD.

  11. Insert the Solaris 8 Languages CD into the system's CD-ROM drive.

  12. Change to the Tools directory on the mounted CD: 


    # cd /cdrom/cdrom0/Tools

  13. Copy the CD in the CD-ROM drive to the install server's hard disk by using the add_to_install_server command:


    # ./add_to_install_server install_dir_path

    In this command, install_dir_path specifies the directory where the CD image is to be copied.

  14. Decide if you want to enable users to use the Solaris Web Start installation method to boot a system and install the Solaris 8 software from a network.

    • If no, eject the Solaris 8 Languages CD and go to Step 18.

    • If yes, eject the Solaris 8 Languages CD.

  15. Insert the Solaris 8 Installation CD into the system's CD-ROM drive.

  16. Change to the directory that contains modify_install_server on the mounted CD:

    • For the SPARC Platform Edition CD type:


      # cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0

    • For the Intel Platform Edition CD type:


    # cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s2

  17. Use the modify_install_server command to copy the Solaris Web Start interface software to the install server:

    x86 only –

    modify_install_server is located in the s2 directory on the Solaris 8 Installation Intel Platform Edition CD or Solaris 8 Installation Multilingual Intel Platform Edition CD.


    # ./modify_install_server install_dir_path installer_miniroot_path

    In this command, install_dir_path specifies the directory where the Solaris Web Start interface is to be copied. installer_miniroot_path specifies the directory on the CD in the CD-ROM drive from which the Solaris Web Start interface is to be copied.

  18. Decide if you want to patch the files that are located in the miniroot (Solaris_8/Tools/Boot) on the net install image that was created by setup_install_server.

    • If no, go to the next step.

    • If yes, use the patchadd -C command to patch the files that are located in the miniroot.

  19. Decide if you need to create a boot server.

SPARC: Example—Creating an Install Server

The following example illustrates how to create an install server by copying the CDs that are labeled Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 SPARC Platform Edition, Solaris 8 Software 2 of 2 SPARC Platform Edition, Solaris 8 Languages SPARC Platform Edition, and Solaris 8 Installation Multilingual SPARC Platform Edition to the install server's /export/install directory:


# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/Solaris_8/Tools
# ./setup_install_server /export/install
# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/Solaris_8/Tools
# ./add_to_install_server /export/install
# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/Tools
# ./add_to_install_server /export/install
# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0
# ./modify_install_server /export/install /cdrom/cdrom0/s2
Note –

In this example, each CD is inserted and automatically mounted before you issue each of the commands. After you issue each command, the CD is removed.