[indiana-discuss] Installation options for an Ultra-60

[mary ding]

Andrew:



Andrew Gaylard wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 7:21 PM, mary ding <mary.ding at sun.com> wrote:
>> Andrew:
>>
>>
>> Andrew Gaylard wrote:
>>> That raises a question: could I download the DVD of the latest SXCE,
>>> export it via NFS, and use the installer from the SXCE-98 series to
>>> install it?
>>>
>> You should not use SXCE-98 to install later builds, it is not supported.
>>
>> You should download the latest SXCE DVD and use the installer from there
>> directly.
> 
> OK, but... I don't have a DVD drive .
> 

If you have a net install server, then you can download the iso and 
create a net install image from there.

i.e.
# cp dvd.iso /export/home
# cd /export/home

# lofiadm -a `pwd`/dvd.iso
# mkdir /tmp/mnt
# lofiadm -a `pwd`/solarisdvd.miniroot
/dev/lofi/1
# mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/lofi/1  /tmp/mnt
#cd /tmp/mnt/So*/To*
# ./setup_install_server <path of install image>

Make sure that it is shared with ro,anon=0 access.



>>> Another question: it appears that SXCE-98 doesn't offer ZFS-root.
>>> Certainly the installer just went with UFS without asking.  If I want
>>> to give this a spin, which build has it?
>>>
>> ZFS-root option is only available if you do text install.
>>
>> ok boot net - text
> 
> Thanks for this -- I just found it the ZFS docs.  My box is now happily
> re-installing.
> 
> Interestingly, although the initial installation is done in "text mode"
> (actually the curses-based installer runs inside a dtterm under X),
> after the reboot, the installation process resumes as the graphical
> version.  I don't know if this is normal behaviour, but it did at least
> work for me.  If I'd genuinely *needed* the text installer to resume
> (e.g. over a serial link), I'm not sure if it would have been OK.
> 

It is normal and it is working as expected.


> Anyway, thanks for the input, Mary.
> Andrew