Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V40z User Manual
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Chapter 3
Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 Software
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15. Set up the content and media directories by typing the following commands:
# ln -s sles8-x86_64/CD1/content .
# ln -s sles8-x86_64/CD1/media.1 .
16. Set up the appropriate content and instorder files by typing the following
commands:
# mkdir yast
# cp /tmp/sles8-pxefiles/order yast/
# cp /tmp/sles8-pxefiles/instorder yast/
17. Copy the
autoinst.xml
file from the
/tmp/sles8-pxefiles/
directory to the
root of the PXE image by typing the following commands:
# cp /tmp/sles8-pxefiles/autoinst.xml \
/home/pxeboot/SunFire_sles8/
18.
On your PXE server, modify and save the file
/home/pxeboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
to add the following entry to it:
Type the text block from
append
through
autoinst.xml
as one continuous string
with no returns.
default
SunFire_sles8
label
SunFire_sles8
kernel
SunFire_sles8
/boot/loader/linux
append textmode=1
initrd=SunFire_sles8/boot/loader/initrd
install=nfs:/home/pxeboot/SunFire_sles8 insmod=bcm5700
autoyast=nfs://
n.n.n.n
/home/pxeboot/SunFire_sles8/autoinst.xml
Where n.n.n.n is the IP address of your PXE server.
Note –
For console-based installations, add
console=ttyS0,19200
to the
append
line.
19. Copy the Ethernet and SCSI RPMs into the proper directory by typing the
following command:
# cp /tmp/
sles8-pxefiles/
*.x86_64.rpm \
/home/pxeboot/SunFire_sles8/sles8-x86_64/CD1/suse/x86_64/