This procedure assumes that the system is running Volume Manager. If you are not using Volume Manager to manage diskettes and CDs, refer to System Administration Guide, Volume I for detailed information about managing removable media without Volume Manager.
Log in as superuser on an IA based system to which a diskette drive is attached.
Insert the Solaris 8 Device Configuration Assistant Intel Platform Edition diskette into the diskette drive (usually drive A:). You will use this diskette as the profile diskette.
# volcheck |
Copy the image of the Solaris 8 Device Configuration Assistant to the system's hard disk:
# dd if=/vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 of=boot_image |
where boot_image is the name of the file into which you want to copy the image of the Solaris 8 Device Configuration Assistant. You can specify an absolute path name.
For example, the following command copies the boot diskette to a file named boot_save:
dd if=/vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 of=boot_save |
Eject the diskette by clicking Eject Disk in the File Manager window or by typing eject floppy on the command line.
On the Removable Media Manager dialog box, click OK.
Manually eject the diskette labeled Solaris 8 Device Configuration Assistant Intel Platform Edition.
Insert a blank diskette (or one that can be overwritten) into the diskette drive.
# volcheck |
Formatting erases all data on the diskette.
# fdformat -d -U |
Copy the Solaris 8 Device Configuration Assistant image from the system's hard disk to the formatted diskette:
# dd if=boot_image of=/vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 |
where boot_image is the name of the file where you want to copy the image of the Solaris 8 Device Configuration Assistant. You can specify an absolute path name.
Do you want to copy examples of custom JumpStart files to your JumpStart directory?
If no, stop; you are done creating a JumpStart directory on your profile diskette.
If yes, use the decision table below to determine what to do next.
Copy the example custom JumpStart files into the JumpStart directory on the profile diskette:
# cp -r media_path/Solaris_8/Misc/jumpstart_sample/* jumpstart_dir_path |
where media_path is the path to the CD or image on the local disk and jumpstart_dir_path is the path to the profile diskette where you want to place the example custom JumpStart files.
You must place all custom JumpStart installation files in the root (/) directory on the profile diskette.
For example, the following command copies the contents of jumpstart_sample on the Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 Intel Platform Edition CD to the root (/) directory on a profile diskette named scrap:
cp -r /cdrom/sol_8_ia/s2/Solaris_8/Misc/jumpstart_sample/* /floppy/scrap |
Update the example JumpStart files on the profile diskette so they work in your environment.
Eject the diskette by clicking Eject Disk in the File Manager window or by typing eject floppy on the command line.
On the Removable Media Manager dialog box, click OK.
Manually eject the diskette.
You have completed creating a profile diskette. Now you can update the rules file and create profiles on the profile diskette to perform custom JumpStart installations. To continue, go to Creating the rules File.