To Set Up A Diskless Client On A Server; Performing A Net-Install Of The Solaris Environment Over The Ge Interface - Sun Microsystems GigabitEthernet/S 2.0 Installation And User Manual

To Set Up a Diskless Client on a Server

1. Determine the client's root directory that you want to install the GigabitEthernet
driver on.
For the following example, the root directory is
# /export/root/<client_name>
Use pkgadd to install the GigabitEthernet driver in the root partition of the
2.
diskless client on the server, where x is 5.1+ for Solaris 2.5.1+, 6 for Solaris 2.6, or
.
7 for Solaris 2.7
# pkgadd -R /export/root/<client_name> —d
/cdrom/sun_gigabitethernet_2_0/Sol_2.x
3. Set up the /export/root/<client_name>/hostname.ge<num> file. See
"Configuring the Host Files" on page 27.
4. Set up the /export/root/<client_name>/hosts file. See "Configuring the Host
Files" on page 27.
Performing a Net-Install of the Solaris
Environment Over the ge Interface
This section is only applicable if you are installing the Solaris operating
environment, over the network, using the GigabitEthernet (ge) interface.
Note – The Solaris CD-ROM cannot be used to perform a net-install since it is a
read-only medium. Therefore, the Solaris CD image archive is required so you can
update certain software files.
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