hello you lot for those who have mailed me regarding the success/failure i experienced when jumpstarting a netra X1 with 10/00, i just thought i would summarise the full successful attempt. netra X1 solaris 2.8, release 10/00 MINIMUM (i imagine 01/01 will work too tony) standard jumpstart file arrangement. my sysidcfg looks like this: system_locale=en_GB <-- NOT en_UK network_interface=dmfe0 <-- NOT hme0 or le0 {hostname=<hostname> ip_address=172.xx.xx.xx netmask=255.255.xx.xx protocol_ipv6=no} root_password=<encrypted string> security_policy=<policy> timezone=GB-Eire timeserver=localhost name_server=none terminal=sun-cmd this structure ensures the sysidns will not stop and ask you anything on build (which it obviously shouldnt). i specified the server by hostname in the rules file to make sure it was not likely to get roped into using the wrong jumpstart profile. in the profile, i used the cluster SUNWCprog for developers edition, and again specified locale of en_GB not en_UK which is for 2.6 builds. system type of standalone and partitionin of explicit. then i specified my filesystems making sure that tmp had a size of free so that all the free space on the disk would be used and i wouldnt get a sudden error, not all space used! (which i dont like meself). now in the build image area (/export/home/install/2.8 on my profile (jumpstart) server) apply the kernel patch for the network drivers of the netra X1: + solicit patch from sun microsystems - mis.netra-x1.259-3836-02.zip from www.sun.com/netra (click 'software drivers' on the right) + unzip and run ./modify_install_server -d /export/home/install/2.8 -n # just outputs, no action + then if the output looks right take the -n off and rerun + once the kernel is patched check the kernel revision of the boot image: patchadd -R /export/home/install/2.8/Solaris_8/Tools/Boot -p | grep 108528-06 which should output a large number of patches obsoleted by this new 2.8 kernel patch. + i assume you;'ve got your build files right, so that should be that. i always prefer a boot net - install from EEPROM rather than reboot -- "net - install" as after the latter you get logged out of a remote session and then sit there like a lemon not seeing whats going on... hope that covers everything. mark ********************************************************************** This email is intended only for the addressee. This email and any files transmitted with it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the named addressee or the person responsible for delivering the message to the named addressee, please contact postmasters@Kinetech.net This email has been scanned by MAILsweeper. **********************************************************************Received on Thu Apr 19 10:03:18 2001
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