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"To Modify the Boot Image" on page 17
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"To Set Up the Client" on page 18
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The procedures in this section explain how to install the Solaris operating
environment from a boot/install server onto the host with the host adapter. Any
other host on the same subnet can be set up as a boot/install server.
Note – The procedure is identical whether the you are using a boot server or an
install server.
of server as the "boot/install server."
Overview of the Net Installation Method
Installing a client from a boot/install server uses two images of the Solaris operating
environment:
A boot mini-root (which is referred to from here on as the boot image)
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A separate install image that gets copied onto the boot disk
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This procedure assumes you know how to install Solaris software over the network
as described in the Solaris installation manuals. For more information, see the man(1)
pages for the commands that are used in this procedure.
Note – While you are setting up the boot/install server, you must either have the
contents of the Solaris installation CD-ROM copied to a disk that is directly-
connected to the boot/install server or have the Solaris installation CD inserted and
mounted from an attached CD-ROM device.
You need to enable bootability using a boot/install server to make both images
aware of the host adapter. At the start of the procedure, the system administrator
downloads the driver and all required patches to an exported directory on the
boot/install server.
The following steps explain the process. For actual instructions, begin with
Up the Boot/Install Server" on page
1. The boot image is copied from a Solaris CD-ROM or from another location onto a
disk that is attached to a boot/install server.
2. The driver package is added to the boot image.
You add the driver package to the boot image so that the boot/install server can
then send and receive data through the host adapter on the boot client.
1. For the distinction between these two types of server, see the Solaris system administration documentation.
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Therefore, the convention used in this chapter is to refer to either type
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"To Set
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