Booting and Installing Solaris: Custom JumpStart

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This chapter provides a procedure to boot a system and perform a custom JumpStart installation using profiles you've created to install Solaris software. If you're using the:

• Initial installation option - Solaris software is automatically installed on the system after you boot the system (or turn on the system in some cases).
• Upgrade option - the system is automatically upgraded to new version of Solaris software after you boot the system.

The procedure in this chapter should be done on the system that is being installed.

1 Make sure that the system's peripheral devices are properly configured.

Before installing Solaris software, you must configure peripheral devices so they do not conflict with each other, and so that Solaris software can access them. Configuring peripheral devices involves setting jumpers or running a software program under MS-DOS. See the x86 Device Configuration Guide for detailed instructions.

Caution - If peripheral devices are not correctly configured before you install the Solaris software, or if you are using unsupported devices, the Solaris installation program will fail.

2 Insert the Solaris boot diskette (shown below) into the system's a: diskette drive.

Note - If you are using a diskette to perform a custom JumpStart installation, you must insert a copy of the Solaris boot diskette that contains a JumpStart directory into the system's a: diskette drive.

3 If you are using the system's local CD-ROM drive to install the Solaris software on the system, prepare the CD-ROM drive.

The instructions that follow cover the most common types of CD-ROM drives. If your CD-ROM drive is not one of the following types, see your hardware manual for instructions.

CD-ROM Drive - Caddy Version	CD-ROM Drive - Tray Version
(1) To open the caddy, pinch the corners while lifting the lid at the center.	(1) Press the eject button on the front panel of the CD-ROM drive (a tray will emerge if you have
(2) Insert the Solaris CD (logo up) and close the caddy.	this type of caddy). (2) Insert the Solaris CD (logo up) into the tray.
(3) With the arrow on the caddy pointing toward the CD-ROM drive, insert the caddy.	(3) Push the tray back into CD-ROM drive.

4 Make sure you have reviewed the task map for a custom JumpStart installation (shown in Figure 2-3 on page 15).

5 Follow the instructions before you boot the system:

If The System Is ...	Then ...
Off	1) Turn on the system components in the order recommended in the hardware guide. 2) Go to Step 6.
On	1) If the system is running Solaris, enter the following commands: $ su root # halt 2) Go to Step 6.

6 If prompted, provide information about the system.

After the booting phase, the Solaris installation program may be displayed on the screen, prompting you to provide information about the system.

7 Choose to boot from the local CD-ROM drive (CD) or from another system on the network (NET).

1 The following is a sample screen .

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Caution - IDE disk drives do not automatically map out bad blocks like other drives supported by Solaris software. Before installing Solaris on an IDE disk, you may want to perform a surface analysis on the disk. For detailed instructions, go to Appendix E, "Troubleshooting," page 176.

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8 Choose the custom JumpStart option to install the Solaris software.

The following is a sample screen.

9 Wait as the Solaris installation program automatically installs the Solaris software on the system.

You're done for awhile; installing Solaris software can take between 15 minutes and 2 hours.

10 Start the OpenWindows software to display the desktop:

$ /usr/openwin/bin/openwin

11 If you used the upgrade option, see Chapter 9, "Completing an Upgrade," for information needed to complete an upgrade.

You must reboot the system after an upgrade.

12 If you installed Solaris on a server and allocated space for diskless clients, dataless clients, or AutoClient systems, and you selected the initial installation option, you must use the Solstice Host Manager to complete set up of these clients.

The Solaris installation program only allocates space for clients during an initial installation. The Solstice Host Manager completes client set up by providing their required directories. See the System Administration Guide, Volume I.

For post-installation information, see Chapter 10, "Where to Go After Installing Solaris."