client boots fine, it gets the ip 192.168.0.10 and the bootfile. Then there is :
SunOS 5.10 Version Generic_141445-09 32-bit"
...
Configuring devices.
Custom JumpStart
Reading ZFS config: done
Setting up Java. Please wait ...
NOTE: Not enough memory for graphical installation. Graphical installation requires 768 MB of memory. Found 540 MB of memory.
Reverting to text-based installation.
Using local console
Beginning system identification ...
Searching for configuration file(s) ...
Search complete.
and then the text-based menu appears and asks me for the keyboard type layout ...
and all the other parameters in the next screens.
The problem is that I don't know why the prepared sysidcfg file was not used. Can someone point what could have been missing in the file ? :
keyboard=US-English
nfs4_domain=dynamic
system_locale=en_US.ISO8859-1
timezone=US/Pacific
timeserver=localhost
terminal=vt100
name_service=NONE
security_policy=NONE
service_profile=limited_net
root_password=Vi2Z6Dm9Xj5Bk
network_interface=e1000g0 {hostname=ClientA
netmask=255.255.255.0
protocol_ipv6=no
default_route=192.168.0.103}
maybe there is something else missing and it find it incomplete, thus starts asking about the keyboard in interactive mode anyway, despite the keyboard is specified in the sysidcfg file.
The other problem might be that the file is not used/found at all by the client installation process. But I got no errors on the screen, no clear indication what might went wrong.. Is there any log file to search for ?
All the files are in place at installServer and I run :
./add_install_client -d -e 00:0C:29:0E:6E:0B -c 192.168.0.103:/export/jumpstart/config/ -s 192.168.0.103:/export/jumpstart/install/ -p 192.168.0.103:/export/jumpstart/config/sysidcfg i86pc
cleaning up preexisting install client "00:0C:29:0E:6E:0B"
To disable 00:0C:29:0E:6E:0B in the DHCP server,
remove the entry with Client ID 01000C290E6E0B
If not already configured, enable PXE boot by creating
a macro named 01000C290E6E0B with:
Boot server IP (BootSrvA) : 192.168.0.103
Boot file (BootFile) : 01000C290E6E0B
/export dir is shared.
[solekA@/export/jumpstart/config]# cat rules.ok
any - - x86-class -
# version=2 checksum=1341
and I used default calss file from media DVD :
[solekA@/export/jumpstart/config]# cat x86-class
#
# Sample profile for an x86 machine. Installation will
# provide default partitioning on a standalone system
# with the end-user cluster.
#
# "@(#)x86-class 1.2 94/01/25"
#
install_type initial_install
system_type standalone
partitioning default
cluster SUNWCuser
[solekA@/export/jumpstart/config]# cat /tftpboot/menu.lst.01000C290E6E0B
default=0
timeout=30
min_mem64 1024
title Solaris_10 Jumpstart
kernel$ /I86PC.Solaris_10-1/multiboot kernel/$ISADIR/unix - install dhcp -B install_config=192.168.0.103:/export/jumpstart/config/,sysid_config=192.168.0.103:/export/jumpstart/config/sysidcfg,install_media=192.168.0.103:/export/jumpstart/install/,install_boot=192.168.0.103:/export/jumpstart/install/boot
module$ /I86PC.Solaris_10-1/$ISADIR/x86.miniroot
Thanks in advance for any suggestions how to make it working totally hands off.