Custom Bootable Iso Image Creation; Prerequisites For Creating A Custom Bootable Iso Image; Creating A Custom Bootable Iso Image - HP Dl180 - G6 E5504 2X2gb 4Lff Svr Deployment Manual

Custom bootable ISO image creation

This section describes a procedure for creating a custom bootable ISO image with a modified
miniroot for use in booting a ProLiant server to a network-based, possibly automated Solaris
installation.

Prerequisites for creating a custom bootable ISO image

To create and use a custom bootable ISO image, the following prerequisites must be met:
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DHCP Service—Booting a network installation from a custom ISO image requires a DHCP
service on the network to provide networking configuration for the client.
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System running Solaris 10 1/06 (or higher)—Use a system running Solaris x86 as the staging
system.
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A modified miniroot—If the CD is used to boot to a network-based installation, then the miniroot
must include the HPQnetstrategy package. For more information, see "Miniroot preparation."
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Solaris multiboot program—The Solaris multiboot program is available on the media (DVD or the
first CD), and under the installation media root directory on the install server as
.../boot/multiboot.
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GRUB menu.lst—If using the directory layout described in the next section, the value for
pathtomultiboot in menu.lst should be /multiboot and pathtominiroot must be
/x86.miniroot. For more information, see "GRUB preparation."
If the CD is used to boot to a network-based installation, then the GRUB "kernel" line must
include a directive for HPQnetstrategy.

Creating a custom bootable ISO image

To create a custom bootable ISO image:
Ensure you have met all the requirements for installation and have all the necessary tools
1.
available for installation. For more information, see "Prerequisites for creating a custom bootable
ISO image."
Organize the CD as follows (in this example, /var/tmp/iso is the root of the CD):
2.
# mkdir /var/tmp/iso
# mkdir -p /var/tmp/iso/boot/grub
# cp /boot/grub/stage2_eltorito /var/tmp/iso/boot/grub
# cp .../menu.lst /var/tmp/iso/boot/grub
# cp .../x86.miniroot /var/tmp/iso/x86.miniroot
# cp /boot/multiboot /var/tmp/iso/multiboot
Create the ISO image using mkisofs(8):
3.
# cd /var/tmp
# mkisofs -R -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito -no-emul-boot \
> -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o solarisboot.iso iso
The resulting ISO image is /var/tmp/solarisboot.iso.
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