| How to add drivers in solaris x86 mini root |
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| Written by geekyS |
| Tuesday, 16 December 2008 11:04 |
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This Geekyfacts article explains the steps to prepare Solaris x86 miniroot with additional device driver, 1) Copy the x86.miniroot from iso image or from jumpstart stage area to temp location
[root@geekyfacts]#cp /jumpstart-location/boot/x86.miniroot /tmp/x86.miniroot
2)Unpack the miniroot in /var/tmp/miniroot
[root@geekyfacts]#/boot/solaris/bin/root_archive unpack /tmp/x86.miniroot /var/tmp/miniroot
3) Install the required device drivers in /var/tmp/miniroot
[root@geekyfacts]#pkgadd -R /var/tmp/miniroot -d
4) Packing the miniroot after installing driver
[root@geekyfacts]#/boot/solaris/bin/root_archive pack /var/tmp/x86.miniroot /var/tmp/miniroot
5) Copy back the new miniroot to original location
[root@geekyfacts]# mv /jumpstart-location/boot/x86.miniroot /jumpstart-local/boot/x86.miniroot.old
[root@geekyfacts]#cp /var/tmp/x86.miniroot /jumpstart-location/boot/x86.miniroot |
| Last Updated on Wednesday, 07 January 2009 15:06 |

