Timehost (was RE: [Sunhelp] Jumpstart)

Tue Jul 20 14:10:13 CDT 1999

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This is going to sound like a newbie question (maybe because I am one <g>) 

What function does the 'timehost' entry in /etc/hosts provide?

Thanks

- N

-----Original Message-----
From: Leon Halford - Open Systems Solutions Ltd
[mailto:Leon.Halford at opensolutions.co.uk]
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 1999 4:51 AM
To: sunhelp at ohno.mrbill.net
Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Jumpstart

> Firstly, how do I automate the inital section which asks for Language,
> Locale & Time confirmation. I want it to trust the values given for time
to 
> be default, and I am neither interested in the Language of the setup
> program nor the Locale (which is set later by the class file anyway).

Try creating a "timehost" entry in the NIS hosts database.

> Secondly, how do I stop it asking the S80power question at the end of the
> installation. I managed the root password one by stealing the set_root_pw
> script which Sun provide, but I cannot see a way by which I can alter this
> to deal with the power question.

The easiest answer is don't install power management - you certainly don't
want 
it for a server. Deselect packages
SUNWpmowm,SUNWpmowr,SUNWpmowu,SUNWpmr,SUNWpmu 
for the generic client in the jumpstart rules. 

> Also, as an addendum, does anybody have a way of adding custom packages.
At 
> the moment, I'm having to NFS mount and copy over the packages from the
> master server, then unmount, reboot and pkgadd so that they all go in the
> same place. This is highly hacky and a bit grim. Is there a method built
> into jumpstart to enable this?

You need to update .order, .packagetoc in the Solaris installation directory
to 
reflect your custom packages, make the custom packages available to the
client 
during install (copy to Solaris install dir or mount a new filesystem on /a
or 
equiv), then specify your custom packages in the jumpstart rules for that 
client. 

Leon Halford

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>This is going to sound like a newbie question (maybe because I am one <g>) </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>What function does the 'timehost' entry in /etc/hosts provide?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks</FONT>
</P>
<BR>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>- N</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Leon Halford - Open Systems Solutions Ltd</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>[<A HREF="mailto:Leon.Halford at opensolutions.co.uk">mailto:Leon.Halford at opensolutions.co.uk</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Sunday, July 18, 1999 4:51 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: sunhelp at ohno.mrbill.net</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Jumpstart</FONT>
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> Firstly, how do I automate the inital section which asks for Language,
 > Locale & Time confirmation. I want it to trust the values given for time to 
 > be default, and I am neither interested in the Language of the setup
 > program nor the Locale (which is set later by the class file anyway).

<P><FONT SIZE=2>Try creating a "timehost" entry in the NIS hosts database.</FONT>
</P>

> Secondly, how do I stop it asking the S80power question at the end of the
 > installation. I managed the root password one by stealing the set_root_pw
 > script which Sun provide, but I cannot see a way by which I can alter this
 > to deal with the power question.

The easiest answer is don't install power management - you certainly don't want 
 it for a server. Deselect packages SUNWpmowm,SUNWpmowr,SUNWpmowu,SUNWpmr,SUNWpmu 
 for the generic client in the jumpstart rules. 
  
 > Also, as an addendum, does anybody have a way of adding custom packages. At 
 > the moment, I'm having to NFS mount and copy over the packages from the
 > master server, then unmount, reboot and pkgadd so that they all go in the
 > same place. This is highly hacky and a bit grim. Is there a method built
 > into jumpstart to enable this?

You need to update .order, .packagetoc in the Solaris installation directory to 
 reflect your custom packages, make the custom packages available to the client 
 during install (copy to Solaris install dir or mount a new filesystem on /a or 
 equiv), then specify your custom packages in the jumpstart rules for that 
 client.

<P><FONT SIZE=2>Leon Halford</FONT>
</P>

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