Setting up a Jumpstart server in 10 steps

First set up your NIS server, see setting up NIS in 10 steps. Don't forget to run make again in /var/yp if you had to add/change /etc/ethers or /etc/hosts.

Edit /etc/dfs/dfstab to share the configuration and installation directories over NFS, create these directories if they should not exist:

share -F nfs -o ro,anon=0 /export/config

share -F nfs -o ro,anon=0 /export/install

Share these directories:

shareall

Insert Installation CD 1 of 2 and start spooling the image to your install directory:

cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/Solaris_9/Tools

./setup_install_server /export/install

Eject the first CD, insert Installation CD 2 of 2 to complete your image:

cd /cdrom/cdrom0/Solaris_9/Tools

./add_to_install_server /export/install

Create the sysidcfg file in /export/config and read man sysidcfg for detailed information:

network_interface=primary{protocol_ipv6=no

netmask=255.255.255.0

default_route=10.0.0.254}

security_policy=none

name_service=none

timezone=MET

system_locale=en_US

timeserver=10.0.0.10

root_password=encrypted value from /etc/shadow

Edit the rules file in /export/config, one line per client:

hostname clientname pre-installscript profile post-installscript

Where pre-installscript and post-installscript are in the /export/config directory. Post-installation scripts can be used to copy third partysoftware on your freshly installed machine.

Create the export/config/profile file:

install_typeinitial_install

system_typestandalone

partitioningexplicit

filesysc0t0d0s0700/

filesysc0t0d0s11000swap

filesysc0t0d0s33000/usr

filesysc0t0d0s42000/var

filesysc0t0d0s5free/opt

filesysc0t2d0s0500swap

filesysc0t2d0s1free/export/home

The above is a partitioning scheme for a machine with two harddisks.

Run the check script:

cp /export/install/Solaris_9/Misc/JumpStart_sample/check /export/config

cd /export/config

./check

If all goes well, this creates a rules.ok file, indicating that thus far, your configuration is OK.

Add all your JumpStart clients:

cd /export/install/Solaris_9/Tools

./add_install_client -c servername:/export/config -p servername:/export/config clientname platform

Example:

./add_install_client -e 8:0:20:8c:a7:5c -s don:/export/install -c don:/jumpstart -p \

don:/jumpstart eplanet sun4u

Platform information can be retrieved from uname -m.

Edit /etc/inetd.conf or your xinet configuration to allow tftp:

tftpdgramudp6waitroot/usr/sbin/in.tftpdin.tftpd -s /tftpboot

Don't forget to restart inetd after this.

On the client, run boot net - install on the OK prompt.