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Deployment tasks 19
Preparing the install server
In the following procedure, the installation media is assumed to be mounted at /mnt, and the installation
media root directory is /export/home/install. Substitute the installation media as necessary to fit
the target environment.
1. Ensure you have met all the requirements for installation and have all the necessary tools available
for installation. For more information, see “Prerequisites for preparing an install server.”
2. Mount the DVD or the first CD on the install server.
If using physical media (or iLO virtual media), insert or connect the media. Solaris automatically
mounts the disc. The autoselected mount point can be determined from the output of, for
example, df(1). If Solaris does not automatically mount the disc, it can be manually mounted
using mount(1M).
If using ISO images, mount the DVD or the first CD by entering the following:
# lofiadm -a .../sol-10-u3-ga-x86-v1.iso
/dev/lofi/1
# mount -F hsfs /dev/lofi/1 /mnt
3. Copy the contents of the DVD or the first CD to disk by entering the following:
# cd /mnt/Solaris_10/Tools
# ./setup_install_server /export/home/install
4. Unmount the DVD or the first CD.
If using physical or iLO virtual media, unmount the media using eject(1) (if automounted) or
umount(1M) (if manually mounted).
If using ISO images, unmount the DVD or the first CD by entering the following:
# umount /mnt
# lofiadm -d /dev/lofi/1
5. If using CD media, copy the remaining CDs. For each additional CD:
a. Mount the next CD or ISO image.
b. Copy the contents of the CD to disk by entering the following:
# cd /mnt/Solaris_10/Tools
# ./add_to_install_server /export/home/install
c. Unmount the CD.
6. If necessary, share the installation media root directory through NFS for client access.
a. Check to verify if the directory is already shared:
# share | grep /export/home/install
b. If the installation media root directory is not listed, or if it is not shared with anon=0, then:
i Add the following line to /etc/dfs/dfstab:
share -F nfs -o ro,anon=0 /export/home/install
ii Activate the NFS share:
# shareall