Turns out all my configuration files were fine. The DNS entries for those boxes weren't there yet, and sysidtool got confused when the machine didn't find it's own DNS listing and bailed out. This seems kind of odd since if you run through the install interactively, it doesn't complain if the DNS entries aren't there. Oh well. Thanks for the responses. -Dan dan.burton@trilogy.com ----- Forwarded by Dan Burton/Trilogy on 04/17/2002 09:02 PM ----- Dan Burton To: SunManagers 04/17/2002 04:20 cc: PM Subject: Solaris 8 Jumpstart woes (Apologies if you get this twice) I'm having similar problems with my jumpstart installations (that is, they start the interactive setup instead of running through automated). According to all the posts and articles I've read, my rules files, profile files, and sysidcfg files are all up to snuff, but for whatever reason, it just doesn't seem to take. This seems to be a fairly pervasive problem. Is there any way to get more information about what's going on at a lower level to see what it's unhappy about? I was hoping /var/sadm/system/logs/sysidtool.log on the client might have something helpful, but no such luck. Are there any other places to look for debug-type info, or any simple tests to isolate the problem? When the client comes up, it seems to have found the sysidcfg file, as I get a message like: "Using sysid configuration file 149.74.161.100:/usr/local/trilogy/jumpstart/sysidcfg_files/finsol2806/sysidcfg" (When tried renaming the sysidcfg file, it didn't show this message, and instead went to the language selection prompt, so it's definitely finding the file) Then it says "The system is coming up. Please wait." And then after a moment it goes into the interactive install. The sysidcfg file looks like this: name_service=DNS {domain_name=trilogy.com name_server=149.74.1.1} network_interface=PRIMARY {hostname=finsol2806.trilogy.com ip_address=149.74.161.136 netmask=255.255.0.0 protocol_ipv6=no} root_password=dWcav7TClPC8I security_policy=NONE system_locale=en_US terminal=sun-cmd timezone=US/Central timeserver=149.74.161.100 The jumpstart server is a 220R, and the client is a NetraX1. Both Solaris 8. Any ideas? -Dan dan.burton@trilogy.com "Brijen Rai" <brijencr@hotmail.com> To: "sun" <sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org> Sent by: cc: sunmanagers-admin@sunm Subject: Solaris 8 Jumpstart. anagers.org 04/17/2002 02:02 AM Hi All, If I am not able to automate jumpstart installation, i.e. it is not getting all the required data from the sysidcfg file, then what would you all suggest to do ? It is also not performing the tasks from my finish script. It would be great if u send me a sample of your currently running rules.ok file, class file, finish script. what should i do, If i wanna install the required packages,patches, etc through jumpstart, without installing solaris 8 on the machine ? what modifications are necessary for the rules file, class file, etc for that purpose. Waiting for replies. Thanx, Brijen. _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagers _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Wed Apr 17 22:24:01 2002
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