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Diskless Setup for the Solaris OS for x86 Platforms

Vijay S. Upreti, October 2007

Introduction

This document describes the steps for setting up a diskless installation for the Solaris Operating System in an x86 environment. Also described is how to set up a separate a TFTP/DHCP and NFS/root server for a similar environment. Additionally, this article describes problems that could occur during setup and how to resolve them.

Starting with the Solaris 10 1/06 release, use the procedures in this document to prepare for adding a diskless client. The procedures include general information for x86 based systems.

For more details, see the list of contents below.

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For More Information

Here are additional resources:

• Solaris downloads
• Sun training courses
• Support:
  • Sun Services and Solutions
  • SunSolve Online
• Open source products and information
• Discussions, such as the Sun developer forums
• Wikis:
  • Wikis on sun.com
  • BigAdmin wiki

Contents

• Introduction
• Setting Up Environment Variables
• Adding OS Services for Diskless Client Support
• Adding a Diskless Client Boot Environment
• Setting Up Separate TFTP/DHCP and NFS/Root Servers
• Setting Up the DHCP Server
• Resolving Issues
• Running Diagnosis Commands
• References
• For More Information
• About the Author
• Acknowledgements
• Appendix
  • A. Example dhcp_config Script
  • B. tftp_config File
  • C. Finding and Adding Missing Packages
  • D. Enabling the TFTP Service

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