Creating and booting from the bare metal CD

To generate the bare metal iso image file, perform the following steps:

1        As root, run the mkbmcd utility on the client, which is found in <INSTALLDIR>/bin/mkbmcd, where <INSTALLDIR> is /usr/bp by default.

2        Initiate the creation utility by entering the following at the command prompt:

/usr/bp/bin/mkbmcd

3        When prompted by the mkbmcd utility, enter the temporary workspace directory, which requires:

     275MB of space for Sun 4U architecture

     5550 MB of space for Sun 4V architecture

4        When prompted, enter the storage directory for the iso image, which requires:

     275MB of space for Sun 4U architecture

     5550 MB of space for Sun 4V architecture

5        Locate the ISO image in the designated storage directory and burn that image to a CD.

Tip: If enough space is not available on the client machine, an NFS partition on the Unitrends System can be created and mounted on the Solaris SPARC client to store the iso image. See About storage configuration for details.

To boot from the bare metal CD, perform the following steps:

By default, the Solaris SPARC system does not boot from the CD drive without one of the following commands. This allows the existing client to be restored or viewed, including information about the configuration of disks and file systems.

To boot the computer with the bare metal media, use either of the following options:

reboot -- cdrom // if at the command prompt

or

boot cdrom // if in OpenBoot