Hi Dan,

On 03/30/09 18:25, Trottier, Dan wrote:
> Jan,
>
> Thanks that worked.  Could I impose on you for one more time saving pointer?  
> I need to configure about 16 workstations and want to populate the right 
> settings into nsswitch.conf, printers.conf, set local, hostname, and so forth.

At the time being, only hostname can be customized - it can be
specified in SC manifest.
In general, design of mechanism to customize installed image is currently
work in progress - the plan is to take advantage of Enhanced SMF profiles
for those kind of things.
With respect to the things you would like to configure, could you please 
file
bug to capture those requirement ?

Thank you,
Jan

>
> Can you point me at some good basic examples of settings for doing this?  
> Basically I just need to make sure the systems have dhcp configured, have the 
> right nsswitch.conf and printers.conf files and configured as LDAP clients.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan Trottier
> Unix/Storage System Administrator
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan.Damborsky at Sun.COM [mailto:Jan.Damborsky at Sun.COM]
> Sent: Monday March 30, 2009 9:55 AM
> To: Trottier, Dan
> Cc: caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org
> Subject: Re: [caiman-discuss] install problems - multiboot kernel???
>
>
> Hi Dan,
>
>
> On 03/30/09 14:43, Dan Trottier wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm having this same issue with getting "multiboot kernel must be loaded 
>> before modules".
>>
>> I'm trying to auto install opensolaris 2008.11 to a Lenovo 7063 desktop with 
>> a 160GB SATA drive that previously had a Windows XP OS installed.   I tried 
>> wiping out the partition table and that didn't help.
>>
>> The installadm setup went smoothly and I have everything looking ok from 
>> DHCP and TFTP boot standpoint.
>>
>> I just can't find any relevent help online for this problem.   I used the 
>> osol 2008.11 installation CD as the imagesource by copying it from the CD to 
>> the disk with dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/export/iso/os2008-11.iso
>>
>> Do I need a different image?  The OS is snv_101b.
>
> Yes - you would need AI ISO image. They could be obtained
> from http://www.genunix.org for instance - they are labeled
> with 'Automated Installer'.
> As far as solution for this problem is concerned, there is
> bug 4712 filed for enhancing installadm tools with check
> if correct type and version of AI image was provided.
>
> Best regards,
> Jan
>
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