Hi, Jan,
Thanks very much of detailed steps. I will have a try on SPARC to see
if can also download manifest and do auto-install, seems it is still
working in progress.
Are you aware of the developing schedule, that is around what time we
can have testable image?
Great Thanks
Jeffrey
jan damborsky ??:
> Hi Jeffrey,
>
> I think Mary is on vacation, so I will try to answer
> your questions.
>
>
> jeffrey huang wrote:
>> Hi, Mary,
>> I saw you already boot the sparc AI client.
>
> At time of being, you can boot sparc microroot from disk,
> boot from net is currently work in progress.
>
> In order to boot from disk, you need to have disk formatted
> with UFS filesystem (I have Nevada 102 installed on AI client).
>
> Then you can copy sparc microroot on that disk and boot it from
> OBP in following way (assuming it is located in /sparc.microroot):
>
> {14} ok boot disk -kv -F /sparc.microroot
>
>
> The list of things which are currently work in progress:
> * net boot + DHCP
> * mechanism for passing information about location of
> AI net archives and service name to AI
> * IPS sparc repo
> * ICT stuff
>
> However, this list is evolving. The best approach
> to keep track of changes is to follow discussions on
> this mailing list.
>
> What can be tested:
> * booting microroot from disk
> * dowloading and mounting AI archives
> * target discovery
> * target instantiation
> * pkg(1M) operations
>
>
>> Can you share me how to get this done, including:
>> - The environment: a sparc or x86 as AI server,
>
> Only x86 AI server is supported at time of being.
>
>> which client you are using T1000 or T2000?
>
> I have successfully tried on T1000 and T5220.
>
>> - Are you using SUNWinstalladm-tools on sparc or x86, where you get
>> it? from slim_source?
>
> To give the example, I use following configuration:
>
> AI server:
> * x4100 installed with 2008.11
>
> AI clients:
> * T1000 (8GB RWM)
> * T5220 (1GB RWM)
>
> AI server is configured in the same way as for x86 client,
> just using ai-dec5.iso (or aisparc_200mb_pad.iso).
>
>> - where is sparc iso image? like ai-dec5.iso?
>
> Karen recently released new image for testing
> (available only internally):
>
> /net/osol-bldsp/rpool/ktung/dc-ai200/media/aisparc_200mb_pad.iso
>
> Modified microroot can be downloaded from following location
> (available only internally):
>
> /net/10.18.138.30/rpool/ai/test/sparc.microroot
>
> Modifications done:
> * workaround for bug 5281 applied
> * live-fs-root modified (needs to be accommodated for other
> testing environment)
> - network interface configured
> - location of AI net archives hardcoded
> - it can be pulled from following place (available only internally)
>
> /net/10.18.138.30/rpool/ai/test/live-fs-root.sparc
>
> Please feel free to let me know if you have more questions
> or need more information.
>
> Thank you,
> Jan
>
>>
>> I need to setup the env to dev sparc test case?
>>
>> Great Thanks
>> --
>> Jeffrey
>>
>> bugzilla-daemon at defect.opensolaris.org ??:
>>> http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=5821
>>>
>>>
>>> Mary Ding <mary.ding at sun.com> changed:
>>>
>>> What |Removed |Added
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>> CC| |mary.ding at sun.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- Comment #2 from Mary Ding <mary.ding at sun.com> 2008-12-16
>>> 10:35:55 ---
>>> This is the notes that I had in regards to miniroot after dcfs is
>>> integrated
>>> for sparc, but it might also apply to microroot for sparc:
>>> If you want to modify the miniroot in place after the system boot,
>>> you can do
>>> th
>>> is:
>>>
>>> # mount -o remount,rw /
>>> #
>>>
>>> That's because you can't write to a compressed file. You can remove
>>> the file you want to replace and then write the new one in its place
>>> after remounting root rw.
>>>
>>> So something like:
>>>
>>> mount -o remount,rw /
>>> cp /usr/sadm/install/bin/pkginstall
>>> /usr/sadm/install/bin/pkginstall.exec
>>> cp /usr/sadm/install/bin/pkgremove /usr/sadm/install/bin/pkgremove.exec
>>> rm /usr/sadm/install/bin/pkginstall /usr/sadm/install/bin/pkgremove
>>> cp /tmp/debug/pkginstall /usr/sadm/install/bin
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Great Thanks & Best Regards
>>
>> ---
>> Jeffrey Huang SWAN: x51683, Ext: 0086-10-62673683
>> Solaris QE Group Email: jeffrey.huang at sun.com
>> China Engineering & Research Institute, Sun Microsystems
>> 7/F Chuang Xin Plaza, Tsinghua Science Park, Beijing China
>>
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Great Thanks & Best Regards
---
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China Engineering & Research Institute, Sun Microsystems
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