Solaris network installation without DHCP

October. 14. 2009 by lawnz –  Category: ComputerInternet (No Comments)

one reason I got this network installation working without DHCP is cdrom drive on T2000 is bad,
Sparc system does not do cdrom boot from external usb,
only way to install OS on it is replace cdrom drive or network installation,
network installation is more interesting than replacing cdrom drive,
here is procedures,

prepare Sparc install server
{{{
svcadm enable svc:/network/nfs/server
mkdir -p /export/home/dvdsparc
cd /cdrom/cdrom0/Solaris_10/Tools
./setup_install_server /export/home/dvdsparc
share -F nfs -o ro,anon=0 -d “install server directory” /export/home/dvdsparc
cd /export/home/dvdsparc/Solaris_10/Tools
}}}

say you want to install to a client 172.16.1.10 with Ethernet address 00:14:4f:3b:c5:33 and host name t2, run ‘boot net -text’ on the client, boot command will show client Ethernet address, run this command on install server SunFire T2000 platform sun4v.

{{{
./add_install_client -i 172.16.1.10 -e 00:14:4f:3b:c5:33 t2 sun4v
}}}

on the client to be installed, run this command and follow install instructions,
{0} ok boot net -text

reference:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5504/netinstalldvd-28995?a=view

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