OpenSolaris Install TOIs

Automated Installation

Common Install Libraries and Utilities

Distribution Constructor

The Distribution Constructor (DC) is a command line tool for building custom Open Solaris images. At this time, the tool takes a manifest file as input, and outputs an ISO image based on parameters specified in the manifest. Optionally, an USB image can be created based on the generated ISO image. Other output image formats are possible, but it is not produced by the DC team at this time. Thus, this document covers steps on building ISO and USB images. The DC provides the ability to checkpoint and resume from certain parts of the image generation process. This is designed to help speed up the process of developing and debugging images. We have verified that the DC is able to successfully build the Live CD image distributed as Open Solaris.

GUI Installation

Snap Upgrade

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