Jumpstart

Not So Typical Jumpstart: Part Three - The Scripts

published on Wed, 09/23/2009 - 12:24

In part three of the series, we ended with a working Custom Jumpstart setup, but you most certainly will be left wanting to do more.  That's where the begin and finish scripts come into play -- anything you can do via /bin/sh you can do via Jumpstart. Up until now, the series has been more of a "Typical Jumpstart" tutorial -- this post is where this series of posts earns it's name. Read more for about 200 lines of shell-scripting goodness.

 

Not So Typical Jumpstart: Part Three - The Jumpstart Profile

published on Tue, 09/22/2009 - 11:16

In part two of the series, we left off with a non-working Custom Jumpstart setup.  By creating our Jumpstart profile file and a sysidcfg file, we'll have a basic, but working Custom Jumpstart.  The profile contains settings specific to the installation, where the sysidcfg file contains settings specific to the machine during and after installation.

 

 

Not So Typical Jumpstart: Part Two

published on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 10:30

In part one of the series, we setup the ISC DHCP server. Now it's time to set up our install and config servers -- both of which will reside on the same box in this case.  Solaris Jumpstart uses standard protocols, namely TFTP and NFS to provide these services.  In this post, we'll just be setting up the framework for the real customizations that will come in parts three and four.

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