Solaris Jumpstart without Solaris
May. 10th, 2010 07:43 pmFiddled around with this a bit today and got it working Just Fine.
Basically, if you make sure to preserve file attributes you can just copy a Jumpstart install image to a NetApp Filer, make sure the export permissions are correct (ro,anon=0), frob the DHCP and GRUB settings, and work with no great dramas.
Copied the DHCP config (we were already using ISC DHCPd) to a Linux box, likewise synced /tfpboot, further slight modification of configs, and boom, it works.
This is all in aid of reclaiming a Solaris x86 box that's not doing very much for use as a VMWare host. Being able to do the Jumps from Linux+Filer means not having to pay Oracle for a Solaris license for the Jumpstart box, at least until they decide to change the license terms yet again and insist that JS must be hosted on Solaris.
(Or, more likely given it's Oracle, on a special closed black-box appliance they'll sell you for $50k.)
Basically, if you make sure to preserve file attributes you can just copy a Jumpstart install image to a NetApp Filer, make sure the export permissions are correct (ro,anon=0), frob the DHCP and GRUB settings, and work with no great dramas.
Copied the DHCP config (we were already using ISC DHCPd) to a Linux box, likewise synced /tfpboot, further slight modification of configs, and boom, it works.
This is all in aid of reclaiming a Solaris x86 box that's not doing very much for use as a VMWare host. Being able to do the Jumps from Linux+Filer means not having to pay Oracle for a Solaris license for the Jumpstart box, at least until they decide to change the license terms yet again and insist that JS must be hosted on Solaris.
(Or, more likely given it's Oracle, on a special closed black-box appliance they'll sell you for $50k.)
