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["stan briggs" <stanbriggs AT gmail.com>]

all,

any solaris geeks out there that have done a solaris 10x86 jumpstart dvd?

so far, i've been able to create one that boots and installs properly. now i'm starting to improve the dvd and here-in lies the problem. if i build and burn an iso image to a dvd and then boot from it it takes almost an hour to get to the point where i get an error. i then find and fix and build and burn again. another hour.

what i would like to do is put the files that i'm changing (sysidcfg, preinstall, postinstall, archiveFile.profile) on a local disk on the server that i'm jumping, create a dvd that grabs those files and puts them in place, and then continues with the jumpstart process (which, by the way, does not write over the local disk).

issues so far include:
1. miniroot boots read-only and i can't see a direct way to make it read-write;
2. i'm not sure where in the miniroot boot process i should put the mount/copy/umount commands (perhaps in miniroots /etc/rc3.d?).

i am very open to suggestions and pointers. note that this a dvd and not a cd and it's solaris 10.

thanks,
stan

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