Re: Linux + Solaris question (probably need a Solaris GURU Sean or Geoff???)

Thanks Dave

OpenBSD helped me ammend my GOOGLE

client root=server + /etc/bootparams turned up

echo "jsclient root=jsserv:/jumpstart/sol8/Solaris_8/Tools/Boot
install=jsserv:/jumpstart/sol8 boottype=:in" >> /etc/bootparams

Dave Hall wrote:

>On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 01:31:55PM -0600, robm wrote:
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>>hi all,
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>>am trying to set up a Linux box to serve as a Solaris Jumpstart
>>server. I have all the services installed
>>rarpd, nfs, bootparamd and tftp-server. What I wanted to do was get the
>>client info into the /etc/bootparams
>>normally on a solaris box one could run addclient (<-something like that
>>can't remember) to get all the special crap into
>>the file anyone know off-hand what needs to show up in /etc/bootparams
>>for a remote bootp install of Sol onto a sparc?
>>Google left me baffled couldn't find a thing.
>>
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>The OpenBSD man pages talk about the format of the file, I'm not sure what
>Solaris might want.
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> http://tinyurl.com/2ymndn
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Received on Tue Apr 10 15:23:18 2007