jumpstarting with Solaris 8 04/01
2007-12-24 20:00:00
solaris 8, and everything seems to work fine, except that hostname,
nodename, and IP address are not set. When the machine reboots, its
name is set to "unknown", there are no hostname.* or nodename files, and
the hosts file only has the loopback address in it. The ethernet
interface is being recognized and used, and the hostname is used (I
tested this using scripts), it just looks like none of the info is
written to the files.
If I boot using CD and install, I don't have the same problem.
I have tried doing a manual install using jumpstart (boot net) and an
automated install (boot net - install), and both fail, so I know it is
not a problem with my custom config. Also, when doing the automated
install, the files listed above are missing immediately after the OS is
installed, so I know the problem isn't that the files are created and
then somehow deleted during booting or something weird like that.
I have tested this on an ultra 5 and two AC200s, with the exact same
results. Once the machine is up, I can easily log in and set it all,
but I don't really consider that the best solution.
Anyone have any ideas? I need to get a bunch of these AC200s built.
I'll summarize.
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