Here is an example in our docs also of creating an empty BE and using a Solaris Flash archive:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5505/6mkv5m1p4?a=view Lynne > Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:22:29 -0800 > From: mary ding <mary.ding at sun.com> > Subject: Re: [install-discuss] Re: What is really Live Upgrade > To: Vasiliy <vassun at gmail.com> > Cc: install-discuss at opensolaris.org > MIME-version: 1.0 > Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > X-Accept-Language: en-us, en > X-BeenThere: install-discuss at opensolaris.org > Delivered-to: install-discuss at opensolaris.org > X-PMX-Version: 5.2.0.264296 > X-Original-To: install-discuss at opensolaris.org > X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 > List-Post: <mailto:install-discuss at opensolaris.org> > List-Subscribe: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss>, <mailto:install-discuss-request at opensolaris.org?subject=subscribe> > List-Unsubscribe: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss>, <mailto:install-discuss-request at opensolaris.org?subject=unsubscribe> > List-Archive: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/install-discuss> > List-Help: <mailto:install-discuss-request at opensolaris.org?subject=help> > List-Id: Installation and Packaging Discussion <install-discuss.opensolaris.org> > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS sun4u; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20041221 > > Vasya and others: > > To retrieve flash archive with luupgrade, you can do this: > > 1. Use lucreate to create an ABE with the -s option, this will not copy > the file system over but just create the ABE. > > i.e.: > > #lucreate -n snv_53 -c 5.10 -s - -m /:/dev/dsk/c0d1s0:ufs > > > 2. Then use luupgrade with the -f option to retrieve the flash archive > over. If you want to retrieve snv_53 flash archive, then you have to use > the snv_53 OS image to do this: > > # luupgrade -f -n snv_53 -a > /net/ins3525-svr/export1/rw/snv_53.line2-v480.SUNWCXall.sun4u.Sun-Fire-480R.cpio > -s /net/ins3525-svr/export/nv/dvds/53 > > 3. Then luactivate and do init 6 reboot to the new ABE: > > # luactivate snv_53 > > > # sync; init 6 > > > Vasiliy wrote: > > If it is about changing existed bits - it should be populated. But it > > should not if you installing flash archive or if you just want to configure it and populate later. There is special option for lu create to not to populate. > > > > This is not necessary for fresh install, but it is not supported yet. > > > > vassun > > > > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ > > install-discuss mailing list > > install-discuss at opensolaris.org > > http://opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Mary Ding > _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ Member of Technical Staff > _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ UMPK17-307 > _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ Menlo Park, CA. 94043 > _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ mary.ding at Eng.Sun.COM > 650-786-8317 (phone) > M I C R O S Y S T E M S > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > install-discuss mailing list > install-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss
