cedric briner wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm giving a try to opensolaris. So I've downloaded the 6 iso images.
>
> For Convenience, instead of burning all the CDs, I've just burn the
> first one and try to make an solaris *repository* on my linux box.
>
> This solaris'repository was made by successively copying the 6 iso
> images (whom was mount like: mount -t iso9660 -o loop) into one directory.
>
> #/bin/bash
> #/media/opensolaris-11/57/* holds all the mount -t iso9660 -o loop
>
> for file in /media/opensolaris-11/57/* ;
> cp -dR file ./
> find ./ ! -perm /u=w -ls -exec chmod u+w {} \;
> done
>
>
> And now, I'm in a state where the opensolaris installation ask me for:
> [ ] CD/DVD
> [x] Network File System
>
> after choosing NFS, it asks me for the NFS location:
>
> <nfs_server>:/path_to_Solaris_11/
>
> but it keeps on telling me :``ERROR: The directory you specified does
> not contain a valid Solaris OS Image''
>
> I've mounted it successfully from a terminal in the opensolaris
> installation, just to check if my <nfs_server>:/path_to_Solaris_11 whas
> working.... and it works
>
>
> if I do a ``ls -1'' of what is under ../Solaris_11
> Docs
> ExtraValue
> Misc
> Patches
> Product
> Tools
>
>
> any idea on how I can achieve this ?
>
The path you supply must be the root of the image with a "Solaris_11"
directory under it and a whole load of hidden files which provide other
info the installer needs. For example, the netinstall area for snv_58
on our lab server looks like:
# ls -la /export/install/nv/x/latest
total 944
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 20 Feb 15 05:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 50 root root 51 Feb 15 05:28 ..
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 87 Feb 7 13:17 .cdtoc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 15 05:35 .done
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 7 Feb 15 05:28 .install
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Feb 15 05:27 .install_config ->
./Solaris_11/Misc/.install_config
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 419 Feb 7 13:17 .slicemapfile
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 15 Feb 7 13:17 .volume.inf
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 22 Feb 12 14:53 .volume.inf.1
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 22 Feb 12 14:54 .volume.inf.2
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 17 Feb 12 14:50 .volume.inf.3
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 17 Feb 12 14:51 .volume.inf.4
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 17 Feb 12 14:51 .volume.inf.5
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 17 Feb 12 14:52 .volume.inf.6
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 6.7K Feb 7 13:17 Copyright
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 449K Feb 7 13:17
JDS-THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME
drwxr-xr-x 2 root bin 3 Feb 15 05:27 License
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 8 Feb 15 05:28 Solaris_11
drwxr-xr-x 4 root sys 6 Feb 15 05:28 boot
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 257 Feb 12 14:52 installer
and "/export/install/nv/x/latest" is the path you'd supply to the installer.
Dave
