Re: JumpStart with Flash Archives

From: David McWilliams (davidkmcw@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Mar 25 2005 - 11:58:21 EST


Solution - The jumpstart server does not need EA but the
add_install_client script needs to see a Product directory, although
the directory itself can be empty.

On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:28:57 -0800 (PST), Darren Dunham
<ddunham@taos.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have a quick question about JumpStart, hopefully someone can shed
> > some light on it for me.
> >
> > I performed both the setup_install_server & add_to_install_server &
> > have a fully functioning JumpStart server that will only be used to
> > either send out flash archives or booting into single user moe across
> > the network (rarely).
> >
> > Obviously running the setup_install_server & add_to_install_server
> > commands offloads the entire Solaris distribution to allow for a
> > classic JumpStart installation, ie perfroms pkgadd, etc.
> >
> > Does anyone know what I definately need from my /jumpstart/sol8_0204
> > tree to allow the above, as I am looking to minimise this as much as
> > possible.
>
> If you're sure you'll never do a traditional installation (even
> interactively) from the machine, you could probably just delete the
> Product directory. That would give you 99% of the space back. I
> wouldn't bother looking to trim elsewhere.
>
> --
> Darren Dunham ddunham@taos.com
> Senior Technical Consultant TAOS http://www.taos.com/
> Got some Dr Pepper? San Francisco, CA bay area
> < This line left intentionally blank to confuse you. >
>

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