PXE/DHCP Solaris Jumpastart onto non-Sun x86 based machines...

From: Noelle Milton Vega (nmvega@ComputingArchitects.Com)
Date: Thu Nov 24 2005 - 15:54:51 EST


Hi:
 
TIA
 
I had to bite the bullet ...
 
Im trying to setup jumpstart to hands-off build Solaris onto x86
machines, but not the x86 variety that are from Sun (lets say they
are from Dell)... This makes a difference because there is no
serial access until later on (when the machine is running Solaris).
 
Anyway my question is, how do I tell inetboot or nbp not
to menu-prompt me for which type of installation I want
(i.e. Solaris Interactive, Custom Jumpstart, etc).
 
I believe its a "boot-args" variable in the relevant
/tftpboot/01MAC.bootenv.rc file.
 
I've tried the following values with no success:
 
  setprop boot-args "- install nowin"
  setprop boot-args "net:dhcp - install"
  setprop boot-args "net - install"
 
Maybe my sintax is incorrect or maybe there is another way to do it
completely (i.e. get rid of that pesky menu).
 
My sysidcfg, btw, file looks good, but here it is just in case.
 
=============================================
# ----------------------------------------------
# Do not edit the values of any of the
# directives below unless you know what
# you are doing, and it is necessary.
# ----------------------------------------------
name_service=NONE
system_locale=en_US
timezone=US/Eastern
timeserver=localhost
terminal=vt100
root_password="************"
security_policy=NONE

#network_interface=primary {dhcp protocol_ipv6=no}
network_interface=primary {netmask=255.255.255.0 protocol_ipv6=no}

keyboard=test:us101 {
        dev=/dev/vt00
        kbdfile=us101.kbd
        KbdChksum=0x100cef96
}
 
display=test:SUNWxf86.ati {
        ddxHandler=ddxSUNWxf86.ati.so.1
        ddxInitFunc=SUNWxf86Init
}
 
pointer=test:ps22b {
        csize=0
        emulTimeout=25
        buttons=3
        strmod=vuid2ps2
        ddxInitFunc=ddxSUNWmouseProc
        ddxHandler=ddxSUNWmouse.so.1
        dev=/dev/kdmouse
        ptrfile=ps22b3be025.ptr
        PtrChksum=0x45cafda9
}
 
monitor=test:ati {
        device=SUNWxf86.ati
        res=1024x768
        defdepth=8
        size="15-inch (38cm)"
        board=3:9:0/ati.xqa
        monitor=pnp/edidgen.vda
        dpix=85
        dpiy=85
        desktop=1024x768
        DisplayChksum=0x3d487a31
        hz=75
        dcm=Adapter
}
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