Boot from an older boot CD and install from a flash archive? Might not 
play well with ZFS though. Otherwise, USB DVD drive *or* slap NIC with PXE 
in there.

You can initiate JS from a CD, but not necessarily worth the effort for a 
one-off.


On Mon, 1 Mar 2010, Murray Blakeman wrote:

> I have a server with CDROM only and no PXE boot (yes it's old).
>
> Solaris 10 u8 is only available on DVD :(
>
> I have another server with a functional Jumpstart Environment with Update 8 
> setup for deployment.
>
> I've read that you can initiate a Jumpstart build from Grub (CDROM/Floppy).
>
> Any assistance on how I can get u8 on this server?
>
> The server has an Intel e1000g (MT Server Adapter).
>
> Thanks :)
>
> p.s.  I want to use ZFS boot (mirror) of course
>

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