To Set Up The Boot Or Install Server - Sun Microsystems Sun StorEdge Installation Manual

To Set Up the Boot or Install Server

1. Become superuser on the host to be used as the boot or install server.
% su
Password:
#
2. Use the setup_install_server(1M) command from the Tools directory in the
location where the Solaris software resides.
As shown in the following screen example, the setup_install_server command
copies the boot image to a directory on the boot or install server. (The boot directory
is named /original_OS_dir/Boot in the example.) The example shows the command
being run from the Tools directory on a mounted Solaris 8 installation CD.
Note – This step might take 20 minutes or more to complete.
# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/Solaris_8/Tools
# ./setup_install_server -t /original_OS_dir/Boot /new_OS_copy_dir
3. Download the driver packages and the accompanying README file from Sun's
download center into the /export_public directory on the boot or install server.
a. Go to the download center URL specified in the instructions about how to
download the network adapter driver in the product notes.
b. Download the README file.
c. Remove any previously installed packages for this network adapter as
instructed in the README.
d. Download the packages as described in the instructions in the release notes.
e. Use the uncompress(1M) and tar(1M) commands to uncompress and expand
the packages in the tar file, as instructed in the README.
Caution – Do not use the pkgadd(1M) command line that is given in the README to
install the packages. See "To Modify the Boot Image" on page B-5 to install
relocatable versions of the packages.
4. Download the required patch(es) and the accompanying README file(s) from
sunsolve.sun.com into the /export_public directory on the boot or install server.
B-4 Sun StorEdge SBus Dual Fibre Channel Host Adapter Installation Guide • October 2002