RE: Kickstart partition question

["Nguyen, Hang" <hnguyen drs-esg com>]

In that case, does Jumpstart work on Linux box?  

I know between Linux boxes, kickstart works fine.  And between Solaris
boxes, Jumpstart works fine.  However, in my case, I have to deal with two
different OS: Linux as a boot server, and Solaris a client box, and I don't
really know what kickstart and jumpstart can/cannot do.

Can I bundle the whole Solaris OS software in a package of some sorts and
use kickstart on Linux to transfer that package to Sparc machine, and use
jumpstart to boot and install Solaris?  Sound so complicated and weird, I
guess.

Thanks for your help.
HN

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Malek [mailto:cmalek caltech edu]
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 5:35 PM
To: kickstart-list redhat com
Cc: 'Carl Riches'; Nguyen, Hang
Subject: Re: Kickstart partition question


HN: Hang Nguyen

HN> I'm trying to use Kickstart to install Solaris 8 on a Sparc machine
HN> and boot it up across the network.

Kickstart is specifically for RedHat Linux.  You want Jumpstart, which
is a Sun product that performs the same function for Solaris.  Look in
the manuals that came your Solaris 8 distribution for a book called
"Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide": it's all about Jumpstart.

You can certainly do what you're talking about with Jumpstart, in the
finish script.

Chris


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