To Install The Solaris Operating System Over A Gigaswift Ethernet Network - Sun Microsystems GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation And User Manual

To Install the Solaris Operating System Over a
GigaSwift Ethernet Network
1. Prepare the install server and client system to install the Solaris Operating System
over the network.
The Solaris Advanced Installation Guide describes how to create the install server and
set up the client systems.
Note – If you want to install the client system over a network that is not part of the
same subnet, you must also create a boot server. The Solaris Advanced Installation
Guide describes how to create a boot server.
2. Find the root directory of the client system.
The client system's root directory can be found in the install server's
/etc/bootparams file. Use the grep command to search this file for the root
directory.
# grep client-name /etc/bootparams
client_name root=server-name:/netinstall/Solaris_2.7/Tools/Boot
install=server-name:/netinstall boottype=:in rootopts=:rsize=32768
In this example, the root directory for the Solaris 7 client is /netinstall. In Step 4,
you would replace root-directory with /netinstall.
Note – If the root directory is not found in the /etc/bootparams file, refer to the
Solaris Advanced Installation Guide for configuration instructions.
3. Insert the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Driver CD into the install server's CD-ROM
drive.
The CD should automatically mount to the /cdrom/cdrom0 directory. If the CD
does not mount to this directory, see Appendix A for mounting instructions.
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