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Example profile for Flash + JumpStart

A flash image by itself is not much use, since you will have to be there during the installation process (from CD). In most cases, flash images will be used in combination with a JumpStart server.

After creating the flash archive with the flarcreate command, make it available over NFS in e.g. /export/flash/. Create a /export/config/profile file to point to this image:

install_type flash_install
partitioning explicit
filesys 	c0t0d0s0 	700 	/
filesys 	c0t0d0s1 	1000 	swap
filesys 	c0t0d0s3 	3000 	/usr
filesys 	c0t0d0s4 	2000 	/var
filesys 	c0t0d0s5 	free 	/home
filesys 	c0t0d0s6 	5000	/opt
archive_location nfs 10.1.2.3:/export/flash/sol9-with-all-GNU-packages-for-sun4u

The rules file can be very simple:

# cat rules
any - - profile -