Sun Microsystems SUN FIRE X4640 - Manual (Page 51)

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How to Create the SIA Image and Prepare for PXE Boot
After you have prepared for an unattended installation as described in the previous sections,
follow the steps below to set up a PXE image to boot SIA and perform an unattended
installation.
Tip – For additional information about setting up an SIA PXE boot image, consult the PXE
sample target in the /boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg file on the SIA CD/DVD.
Preconfigure your network to support a Linux-based PXE server network installation.
You may refer to the Linux distribution documentation for more information on configuring a
PXE server.
In the PXE Linux directory, create a new subdirectory for the SIA image(s).
On a Linux system, for example, the following command line creates a subdirectory for
suninstall
images:
# mkdir /home/pxeboot/suninstall
Insert the SIA CD/DVD into a CD/DVD drive of a Linux-based PXE server and mount the CD/DVD.
Copy the vmlinuz (the bootable Linux kernel) and initrd (initial ram disk) files from the SIA
CD/DVD to the suninstall subdirectory that you created.
Use the correct path to the mounted CD image. This example uses /mnt/cdrom:
# cp /mnt/cdrom/boot/isolinux/vmlinuz /home/pxeboot/suninstall
# cp /mnt/cdrom/boot/isolinux/initrd.img /home/pxeboot/suninstall
Post your modified SIA state file (externalStateVariables.txt) on a web server that the PXE
server can access (or on the PXE server itself, if it is configured as a web server).
Use an editor to include the following SIA references in the pxelinux.cfg/default file that is
stored in the /home/pxeboot directory:
default suninstall
label suninstall
kernel suninstall/vmlinuz
append initrd=suninstall/initrd.img vga=0x314 ramdisk_size=900000 root=/dev/ram0
splash=silent siaurl=http:// URL_to_ externalStateVariables.txt
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