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

1 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.

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

If your CD-ROM drive is not a tray type, see your hardware manual for instructions.

CD-ROM Drive - Tray Version

(1) Press the eject button on the front panel of the CD-ROM drive (a tray will emerge if you have this type of caddy).

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(2) Insert the Solaris CD (logo up) into the tray.

(3) Push the tray back into the CD-ROM drive.

3 Make sure you have reviewed the task map for a custom JumpStart installation (shown in Figure 2-3 on page 14).

4 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 your hardware guide. 2) Go to Step 7.
On	1) If the system is running Solaris, enter the following commands: `$` `su root` `#` `halt` 2) Go to Step 7.

5 Boot the system using the appropriate boot command:

If You Are Booting From ...	Then Enter ...
A server on the network	`boot net`

The system's local CD-ROM drive....boot cdrom

6 Wait for booting to complete.

Hardware and system components are checked during the booting phase. This lasts for several minutes. The following screen provides an example of what you should see.


  ok boot net  
  Boot device: /pci/pci8086,4840  
  Boot args:  
  ...  
  Configuring the /devices directory  
  Configuring the /dev directory  
  ...  
  Starting OpenWindows...

7 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.

8 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.

9 Start the OpenWindows software to display the desktop:


  $ /usr/openwin/bin/openwin

10 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 8, "Where to Go After Installing Solaris."