Hi Sreevani,
Sreevani Tippana wrote: > hello everyone, > I am trying to port the application called OneSIS which enables a > singles system image to be used to manage many diskless clients. > Now in order to compile this i need to have a detailed understanding > of the boot procedure in opensolaris.Can anyone please help me out > with the steps or the files executed. > > The contents of the menu.lst file indicate that an ISO image > 'boot_archive' is mounted which contains the modules for the drivers > required for the kernel to prepare the operating system. > I tried to mount this image boot_archive under the /tmp directory with > the help of a script with the intention of extracting the contents of > this large file. > What i found out is that there are a number of zipped files packed > inside this image.Can anyone tell me whether there is a script or a > binary inside this boot_archive which does the unzipping and calls the > necessary modules to start loading the drivers etc. i.e is there any > binary or executable which takes charge when this boot_archive ISO > image is mounted at the time of booting?? > One file which i found in the zipped format was genunix under the > kernel folder.When i unzipped and extracted the contents i found all > sorts of strange symbols and characters on the monitor terminal.Is > this the binary that i am looking for?? > Can anyone provide me a detailed step by step analysis of the booting > procedure in opensolaris?? In order to obtain general idea how boot process works in OpenSolaris, I might recommend to start by taking a look at boot(1M) and kernel(1M) man pages. Also following document might help you to clarify this: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-1985 Especially chapters http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-1985/ggjcp?a=view http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-1985/hbsysboot-76719?a=view Thank you, Jan
