re-preinstall(1M)

NAME

re-preinstall − installs the JumpStart software on a system

SYNOPSIS

cdrom-mnt-pt/export/exec/arch.release/sbin/install.d/re-preinstall

[ −m cdrom-mnt-pt ] [ −k platform_name ] target-slice

AVAILABILITY

SUNWcdrom (Solaris CD).

DESCRIPTION

re-preinstall installs the JumpStart software (Preinstall Boot Image) on a system, so you can power-on the system and have it automatically install the Solaris software (perform a JumpStart installation on the system). Some new systems have the JumpStart software already preinstalled.

There are two ways to use the re-preinstall command. The most common way is to run re-preinstall on a system to install the JumpStart software on its own default boot disk. This is useful if you want to restore a system to its original factory conditions.

You can also run re-preinstall on a system to install JumpStart software on any attached disk. Once you install the JumpStart software on a disk, you can move the disk to a different system and perform a JumpStart installation on the different system. NOTE: While the command is valid for x86 systems, it is not useful because you cannot reboot with arguments.

re-preinstall creates a standard file system on the specified target-slice (usually slice 0), and re-preinstall makes sure there is enough space on the target-slice for the JumpStart software, which usually requires 26 Mbytes. If sufficient space is not available, re-preinstall fails with the following message:

re-preinstall: target-slice is less than 26 Megabytes, please reformat it.

You can use the format(1M) command to create sufficient space on the target-slice for the JumpStart software.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

−m cdrom-mnt-pt Absolute path, or mount point, to the Solaris CD. The default is /cdrom.

−k platform_name Platform name of the system that will use the disk with the JumpStart software. The default is the platform name of the system running re-preinstall. (Use the uname −i command to determine a system’s platform name.)

OPERANDS

The following operand is supported:

target-slice Device name of the disk slice where the JumpStart software will be installed (usually slice 0). For example, c0t3d0s0.

EXAMPLES

re-preinstall on a system and install the JumpStart software on its own default boot disk:

1. Mount the Solaris CD if /usr/sbin/vold is not running or CD is not mounted.

2. Use the format(1M) command to determine the target-slice where JumpStart will be installed.

3. Determine the kernel architecture of the system that will use the re-preinstalled disk.

4. Determine the OS release of the CDROM that will be used on the re-preinstalled disk. Run the following command and look for the sparc.Solaris_2.x directory:

# ls /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/export/exec
kvm sparc.Solaris_2.5 usr var
#

5. Run re-preinstall with the −m cdrom-mnt-pt option if the Solaris CD is not mounted on the /cdrom.

For example, the following command installs the JumpStart software on the system’s attached disk for a system with a sun4c kernel architecture, and it uses the Solaris CD mounted with vold:

example# /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/export/exec/sparc.Solaris_2.5/sbin\
/install.d/re-preinstall −m /cdrom/cdrom0/s0 −k sun4c c0t2d0s0

For example, the following command installs the JumpStart software on the system’s attached disk for a system with a sun4c kernel architecture, and it uses the Solaris CD mounted on the /mnt directory:

example# /mnt/export/exec/sparc.Solaris_2.5/sbin/install.d\
/re-preinstall −m /mnt −k sun4c c0t2d0s0

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

0 Successful completion.

1 An error has occurred.

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