Dave Miner stated:
< Narendra Kumar S.S wrote:
< >Hello,
< >
< > If I am using add_install_client, I can use -b option to specify
< >the serial console on an x86 machine.
< > If I want to do this manually, which are the files that I need to
< >modify?
< > And do I need to execute any command after making the modifications?
< >
<
< The man page on add_install_client has a clue:
<
< -b property=value
<
< Set a property value in the client specific bootenv.rc
< file located on the boot server's TFTP directory,
< /tftpboot by default. Use this option to set boot pro-
< perties that are specific to this client. You can use
< the bootpath property to automate the selection of the
< boot device instead of manually using the Device Confi-
< guration Assistant. You can use the boot-args property
< to automatically select a jumpstart installation. See
< eeprom(1M).
<
<
< It could be more explicit, but typically you're looking for a file of
< the form:
<
< /tftpboot/<dhcp client id>.bootenv.rc
The <dhcp client id>.bootenv.rc hasn't been used since S10FCS ?
Since things went the way of grub and a miniroot archive.
Instead of the bootenv.rc file, theres the /tftpboot/menu.lst.<dhcp client id>
file. You still have the '-b property=value' but it puts the settings in
the menu.lst file. eg:
tftpboot# cat menu.lst.0100C09FF4693F
default=0
timeout=30
title Solaris_10 Jumpstart
kernel /I86PC.Solaris_10-88/multiboot kernel/unix - install dhcp -B
console=ttya
module /I86PC.Solaris_10-88/x86.miniroot
tftpboot#
You don't need to do this manualy, add_install_client does the job.
Regards,
<
< <dhcp client id> is, by default, constructed as a hex string consisting
< of the media type code ("01" for Ethernet) plus the network interface
< MAC address; it must be all-caps and must be zero-filled. So for
< example, a system with an Ethernet network interface MAC address of
< 0:a:e4:34:30:7 would have a DHCP client id of 01000AE4343007.
<
< And no, you don't need to run any commands after modifying the
< bootenv.rc file; it will be automatically downloaded with tftp on the
< next attempt to network boot the client.
<
< Dave
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