[SunRescue] Installing Solaris without cdrom

[Sheldon T. Hall]

I'm pretty sure you can do an over-the-net installation of Solaris from a 
Linux box.  I don't know _how_, of course, but I've seen stories....

-S

On Sunday, July 16, 2000 10:32 AM, Thomas Dagonnier wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone has ever tried (and managed to) install a fresh
> solaris (7, e.g.) installation on a sparc system without CD-ROM (in this
> case, an UltraBook due to the connector (SCSI UltraWide), i cannot 
connect
> one of my current CDROM without buying a new cable ...).
>
> There's a procedure explained on docs.sun.com but it includes the use of 
a
> Solaris server, using Solstice and i don't want to swap Linux for Solaris
> (and then back to Linux) on my 'Classic.
>
> I use the command 'boot net' and by following the correct procedure, i
> installed linux correctly on this 'Classic and can also do it on the
> ultrabook but i don't think it is the way to do it with solaris.
>
> So, if anyone has a solution which runs with a Linux server (with may or
> may not be a sparc), it will help me a lot