[geeks] Solaris 10 U6: install failure

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Apr 6, 2009, at 10:49 , Joshua Boyd wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 01:34:17AM -0400, Shannon Hendrix wrote:
>
>> I have no idea how to create a Jumpstart server, if that is what  
>> you mean.
>>
>> I have:
>>
>> 	1 Mac Pro
>> 	1 "Wintendo" running Windows XP, sometimes FreeBSD
>> 	1 Dell T105 server
>> 	numerous embedded systems
>>
>> I got rid of most of my stuff last year and replaced all my servers  
>> with
>> just the T105.
>>
>> The Mac could serve NFS, but I'm not sure how that would help.
>>
>> Can you start the install from the DVD, but install from NFS  
>> instead of the
>> DVD media or something?
>
> Actually, I think you can do that.
>
> There is a screen to Specify Media and there you can choose CD/DVD  
> or NFS.

I've never been given the choice to select other media.

Do you know where that occurs?

I'm using the console install options (either 3 or 4) so I can do the  
zfs root install.

That sounds like it would fix my problem.

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Shannon Hendrix
shannon at widomaker.com