OpenSolaris

Disable speaker beepz

xset b 0

pkg set-authority -O http://pkg.sunfreeware.com:9000 sunfreeware

pkg set-authority -O http://blastwave.network.com:10000 blastwave

Create a root user

useradd -P "Primary Administrator" -R root foo

usermod -d /export/home/foo -s /bin/bash foo

passwd foo

Installation on Sparc

URLS
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http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=6561
http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=381793
http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/dev/AIinstall/faq.html#verbose
http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=6616
http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/dev/AIinstall/bothclient.html
http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=82255&tstart=0
http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=381500
http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=385278
http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/2009.06/AIinstall/add.html

Default user/passwords
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root/opensolaris
jack/jack

Configure the server
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pkg search installadm

ifconfig nge0 192.168.1.1/24
printf "192.168.1.0\t255.255.255.0\n" >> /etc/netmasks
hostname aiserver
echo 192.168.1.1 aiserver >> /etc/hosts

installadm create-service -n 0906sparc \
-s /export/aiimages/osol-0906-ai-sparc.iso \
/export/aiserver/osol-0906-ai-sparc

installadm create-client -e 00:14:4f:c3:5c:e2 \
-t /export/aiserver/osol-0906-ai-sparc -n 0906sparc

Boot the sparc client
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boot net:dhcp

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# bge0 interface is directly connected to the x86-solaris box
# bge1 will open the network connectivity
ifconfig bge1 plumb
ifconfig bge1 dhcp
svcadm enable auto-installer
tail -f /tmp/install_log
tail -f /var/svc/log/application-auto-installer\:default.log

svcs -xv - to view the processes

To remove a boot environment:

beadm destroy opensolaris-3