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Custom bootable ISO image creation, Prerequisites for creating a custom bootable ISO image

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Custom bootable ISO image creation This section describes a procedure for creating a custom bootable ISO image with a modified miniroot for use in booting a ProLiant server to a network-based, possibly automated Solaris installation. Prerequisites for creating a custom bootable ISO image To create and use a custom bootable ISO image, the following prerequisites must be met: • DHCP Service-Booting a network installation from a custom ISO image requires a DHCP service on the network to provide networking configuration for the client. • System running Solaris 10 1/06 (or higher)-Use a system running Solaris x86 as the staging system. • A modified miniroot-If the CD is used to boot to a network-based installation, then the miniroot must include the HPQnetstrategy package. For more information, see "Miniroot preparation." • Solaris multiboot program-The Solaris multiboot program is available on the media (DVD or the first CD), and under the installation media root directory on the install server as .../boot/multiboot. • GRUB menu.lst-If using the directory layout described in the next section, the value for pathtomultiboot in menu.lst should be /multiboot and pathtominiroot must be /x86.miniroot. For more information, see "GRUB preparation." If the CD is used to boot to a network-based installation, then the GRUB "kernel" line must include a directive for HPQnetstrategy. Creating a custom bootable ISO image To create a custom bootable ISO image: 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 creating a custom bootable ISO image." 2. Organize the CD as follows (in this example, /var/tmp/iso is the root of the CD): # mkdir /var/tmp/iso # mkdir -p /var/tmp/iso/boot/grub # cp /boot/grub/stage2_eltorito /var/tmp/iso/boot/grub # cp .../menu.lst /var/tmp/iso/boot/grub # cp .../x86.miniroot /var/tmp/iso/x86.miniroot # cp /boot/multiboot /var/tmp/iso/multiboot 3. Create the ISO image using mkisofs(8): # cd /var/tmp # mkisofs -R -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito -no-emul-boot \ > -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o solarisboot.iso iso The resulting ISO image is /var/tmp/solarisboot.iso. Deployment tasks 33

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Custom bootable ISO image creation
This section describes a procedure for creating a custom bootable ISO image with a modified
miniroot for use in booting a ProLiant server to a network-based, possibly automated Solaris
installation.
Prerequisites for creating a custom bootable ISO image
To create and use a custom bootable ISO image, the following prerequisites must be met:
•
DHCP Service—Booting a network installation from a custom ISO image requires a DHCP
service on the network to provide networking configuration for the client.
•
System running Solaris 10 1/06 (or higher)—Use a system running Solaris x86 as the staging
system.
•
A modified miniroot—If the CD is used to boot to a network-based installation, then the miniroot
must include the
HPQnetstrategy
package. For more information, see “Miniroot preparation.”
•
Solaris multiboot program—The Solaris multiboot program is available on the media (DVD or the
first CD), and under the installation media root directory on the install server as
.../boot/multiboot
.
•
GRUB
menu.lst
—If using the directory layout described in the next section, the value for
pathtomultiboot
in
menu.lst
should be
/multiboot
and
pathtominiroot
must be
/x86.miniroot.
For more information, see “GRUB preparation.”
If the CD is used to boot to a network-based installation, then the GRUB “kernel” line must
include a directive for
HPQnetstrategy
.
Creating a custom bootable ISO image
To create a custom bootable ISO image:
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 creating a custom bootable
ISO image.”
2.
Organize the CD as follows (in this example,
/var/tmp/iso
is the root of the CD):
# mkdir /var/tmp/iso
# mkdir -p /var/tmp/iso/boot/grub
# cp /boot/grub/stage2_eltorito /var/tmp/iso/boot/grub
# cp .../menu.lst /var/tmp/iso/boot/grub
# cp .../x86.miniroot /var/tmp/iso/x86.miniroot
# cp /boot/multiboot /var/tmp/iso/multiboot
3.
Create the ISO image using
mkisofs(8)
:
# cd /var/tmp
# mkisofs -R -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito -no-emul-boot \
> -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o solarisboot.iso iso
The resulting ISO image is
/var/tmp/solarisboot.iso
.