Re: [SIGUnix]g4u

[Ben Staffin <staffin@xxxxxxxx>]

* Anthony Philipp <philipp1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2004-12-09 21:13] wibbled:
> > Uhh, yeah, I bet its more than a minor effort.  I have never 
> > successfully compiled a sparc linux kernel.  Have you?
> 
> well its a netbsd based project, but i have never compiled a netbsd
> sparc kernel, so i can't tell you how difficult that would be. well i
> was just tossing this out as a another possibility, in case the
> jumpstart thing became too difficult.

Jumpstart is not difficult.  Jumpstart is actually quite simple - there
are not complex interactions to work out, etc.  It is just based on
shell scripts and a few config files.  It is for this reason that it is
not worth the effort to use other cloning methods for Solaris sytems -
Jumpstart is totally the way to go.  It WORKS.  At the simplest level,
you could do a full install of solaris (not customizing a package list),
and write a simple finish script that patched the systems using
superglue, set up whatever other site-local gadgetry you have, and
that's about all there is to it.  The hardest part is understanding how
netbooting works - rarp, bootp, tftp, bootparamd, etc.  Even that isn't
such a big deal - it is fundamental knowledge that any UNIX admin should
learn.

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