Solaris Express Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations
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Document Information

Preface

Part I Using Custom JumpStart

1.  Where to Find Solaris Installation Planning Information

2.  Custom JumpStart (Overview)

3.  Preparing Custom JumpStart Installations (Tasks)

Task Map: Preparing Custom JumpStart Installations

Creating a Profile Server for Networked Systems

To Create a JumpStart Directory on a Server

Creating a Profile Diskette for Standalone Systems

SPARC: To Create a Profile Diskette

x86: To Create a Profile Diskette With GRUB

Creating the rules File

To Create a rules File

Creating a Profile

To Create a Profile

Testing a Profile

To Create a Temporary Solaris Environment to Test a Profile

To Test a Profile

Validating the rules File

To Validate the rules File

4.  Using Optional Custom JumpStart Features (Tasks)

5.  Creating Custom Rule and Probe Keywords (Tasks)

6.  Performing a Custom JumpStart Installation (Tasks)

7.  Installing With Custom JumpStart (Examples)

8.  Custom JumpStart (Reference)

Part II Appendixes

A.  Troubleshooting (Tasks)

B.  Additional SVR4 Packaging Requirements (Reference)

Glossary

Index
Chapter 3

Preparing Custom JumpStart Installations (Tasks)

This chapter provides step-by-step instructions about how to prepare the systems at your site from which and on which you intend to install the Solaris software by using the custom JumpStart installation method.
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