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Solaris Advanced Installation Guide
Book Information
Preface
Who Should Use This Book
Related Information
Revision History
Ordering Sun Documents
1. Overview of Installing Solaris
Maybe You Don't Need to Install
Installing Standalone Systems and Servers
Methods for Installing Solaris Software
2. Performing an Interactive Installation
SPARC: How to Perform an Interactive Installation
x86: How to Perform an Interactive Installation
3. Performing a Custom JumpStart Installation
SPARC: How to Perform a Custom JumpStart Installation
x86: How to Perform a Custom JumpStart Installation
4. Upgrading a System
Ways to Upgrade a System
Upgrade With Disk Space Reallocation
Frequently Asked Questions About Upgrading
What to Do Before Upgrading
What to Do After Upgrading
5. Troubleshooting
Setting Up Network Installations
Booting a System
Booting a System Over the Network
Installing Solaris (Initial)
Installing Solaris (Upgrade)
6. Preconfiguring System Configuration Information
Choose a Method for Preconfiguring
Preconfiguring With the sysidcfg File
Preconfiguring With the Name Service
Preconfiguring Power Management Information
7. Preparing to Install Solaris Software Over the Network
Task Map: Preparing to Install Solaris Software Over the Network
Servers Required for Network Installation
Network Installation Commands
Creating an Install Server and Boot Servers
Setting Up Systems to Be Installed Over the Network
8. Preparing Custom JumpStart Installations
Overview
What Happens During a Custom JumpStart Installation
Task Map: Preparing Custom JumpStart Installations
Creating a Profile Server
Enabling All Systems to Access the Profile Server
Creating a Profile Diskette
Creating the rules File
Creating a Profile
Testing a Profile
Validating the rules File
9. Using Optional Custom JumpStart Features
Creating Begin Scripts
Creating Finish Scripts
SPARC: Creating Disk Configuration Files
x86: Creating Disk Configuration Files
Using a Site-Specific Installation Program
A. Planning Disk Space
Basic Considerations for Disk Space Planning
Software Group Space Recommendations
B. Solaris CD Layout
C. Platform Names and Groups
D. Sample Custom JumpStart Setup
Sample Site Setup
Create an Install Server
Create a Boot Server for Marketing Systems
Create a JumpStart Directory
Share the JumpStart Directory
Create the Engineering Group's Profile
Create the Marketing Group's Profile
Update the rules File
Check the rules File
Set Up Engineering Systems to Install Over the Network
Set Up Marketing Systems to Install Over the Network
Boot the Engineering Systems and Install Solaris Software
Boot the Marketing Systems and Install Solaris Software
E. Locale Values
F. x86: Preserving Existing Operating Systems and User Data
Glossary
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