Frank Allan wrote: ... > The next challenge is finding docs which explain the process needed to > configure client manifests so that the Automated Install can include things > like: > - turn off nwam and use static addressing > - enable root login instead of it being a role > - automatically setup a mirrored root disk > - configure the hostname to be something other than 'opensolaris' > i.e. all the things that you can currently do easily with JET or Jumpstart, > and would really like to do in a corporate environment. >
There are a number of bugs on d.o.o tracking the need to implement more configuration options. You can add yourself to the CC list of any that are of particular interest. > So far I have had no luck with any of this, so I have to resort to manually > changing all these after the system has been installed - bearable for one or > two systems, but a big PITA when you have a number of systems to configure. > > Hopefully the availability of a bootable AI SPARC image will coincide with > some tools to allow reasonable customization of client services. > The bootable image capability is orthogonal to any of those capabilities, and thus doesn't provide any further capabilities in the manifests. Dave
