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1.jumpstarting x86

i thought i had this working at one point, i guess not.

i've been through the advanced installation guide.  it doesn't
mention the acpi-user-options bit, so i'm wondering what else
there is to read, for one thing....

well, anyway.

i put together a boot floppy, from a downloaded d1_image.  on close
inspection, it looks like it's missing a number of things, namely
the solaris/bootenv.rc file, the whole drivers directory, on
and on.  the boot floppy does have:

rules
rules.ok
the machine's profile file

i boot; it turns the screen black, i think it says
solaris boot environment                  page 1

at the top, and that's all that happens.

is there something wrong with d1_image?  and consequently
my floppy?  can you tell enough from what i've said already
to answer that?  (bootenv.rc isn't there, the solaris
dir is empty, but maybe it should be?)


i notice /tftpboot
does not have a pointer to an inetboot.* file, and that the
rm.<IP> is a trivial shell script--does nothing.  maybe /tftpboot
is okay.  in.tftpd is in inetd.conf; this server serves my
sparc boxes, too, and that's worked for a long time.  so we
should feel pretty good about tftp.

the partition is shared
202 > showmount -e
export list for csdsun2.arlut.utexas.edu:
/VOLUMES/arch/sparc/jumpstart (everyone)
/VOLUMES/arch/ia/jumpstart    (everyone)

the target machine is on the same subnet as the server; as are
all the sparcs i've successfully jumpstarted.

bootparams; i'm going to pretty-ize this, but it was all one
line, trust me.

203 > ypcat -k bootparams |grep smudged
smudged.arlut.utexas.edu
root=csdsun2.arlut.utexas.edu:/VOLUMES/arch/ia/jumpstart/OS/Solaris_9_2003-08/Solaris_9/Tools/Boot
install=csdsun2:/VOLUMES/arch/ia/jumpstart/OS/Solaris_9_2003-08
boottype=:in
sysid_config=csdsun2:/VOLUMES/arch/ia/jumpstart/Sysidcfg/smudged
install_config=csdsun2:/VOLUMES/arch/ia/jumpstart
rootopts=:rsize=8192

at this point, i'm perfectly prepared to believe i've overlooked anything.
so if you think i need to check tftp, say so.  that goes
for everything.

it's probably not the profile, right?  i know what the profile would
do on the sparc side, and there's no evidence that i get that
far along on the intel side.  then again, maybe it wouldn't look
the same.  but it never says it's making file systems, installing
packages, anything like that.  the profile might be messed up, but
it's not the problem at this stage, is it?

if you've got a way for me to test the tftp, lemme hear it;
just because i say it's okay, doesn't mean it is.  i don't have a
way to check it, that i know of, other than to test-boot a sparc.
if you've got another way, to check any or all of this, bring it
on.

i'll be grateful for anything you want to suggest.  i'm befuddled...

j.

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Head of Sun Support, Sr. Operating Systems Specialist
Applied Research Labs, Computer Science Div.                   S224
University of Texas at Austin

2.jumpstarting x86; /a/etc/.UNCONFIGURED not removed

i jumpstart an x86 box to solaris 10.  when it reboots, is have to tell it:

terminal is a vt100
ipv6,
default route
kerberos
time zone
root password
and NFS 4, which is also probably legit.

my issue is that my sysidcfg file DEFINITELY HAS the answers
for ipv6 through the root password.

ahh, yes....  if if remove /a/etc/.UNCONFIGURED then
the only question is asks is about NFS 4.  why isn't .UNCONFIGURED
getting zapped?

as best i can remember, here's what /a/etc/.sysIDtool.state
looked like:  (the comments on right are the fuzzy part)
1	previoiusly configured
1	bootparams succeeded
1	on netowkr
1	extended network info
1	autobinder
1	subnets
1	root password
1	locale and terminal
1	security policy
vt100

j.


-- 
Jay Scott		512-835-3553		 XXXX@XXXXX.COM 
Head of Sun Support, Sr. Operating Systems Specialist
Applied Research Labs, Computer Science Div.                   S224
University of Texas at Austin

3.Unattented jumpstarting of X86 servers

G'day!

Jumpstarting a X86 server cannot be done completely unattented because 
you need a bootdisk now that you don't have a ok prompt to enter "boot 
net - install" from (if I understand correctly).

Is that also the case with the new V20z/V40z servers?

Thanks in advance!
- Morten Green Hermansen, Fanitas

4.jumpstarting x86?

Uwe Wolfram wrote:
> Seems my original posting did not get through...
> 
> My boss is thinking about purchasing an x86 cluster, arghhh.
> At least I can hope to persuade him of running Solaris instead of Linux.
> 
> My question is: Is it possible to jumpstart Solaris on Sun's x86 machines
> just like I'm able to do for Sparc?
> 
> Uwe
> 
> --
> anti-spam: Remove "dummy." from address above to obtain correct one

Yes, You can Jumpstart X86 machine as you Jumpstart Sparc.
A Sparc server can provide JumpStart files for both Sparc & X86 systems.

Shivakanth

5.Jumpstarting with multiple network interfaces

Hello!

When I jumpstart my V240 I want to configure all my 4 network interfaces and
not just only the primary device.
I have tried to have multiple network_interface statements in my sysidcfg
file but it does not seem to work.
Anybody tried this?

Thanks in advance,
- Morten Green Hermansen, Fanitas

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