mounting a partition that's located inside a disk (cd) image

[Robert Meyer]

OK, try this:
suck out the first partition with dd (dd if=/dev/cdrom blocks=320 of=boot.img)
Then try mounting that as a filesystem, too.  You should be able to use that as
the boot path and the other stuff as the install path.  If I had a jumpstart
server around, I could test it for you but I don't have any Suns around at all.

Later...

Cheers!

Bob
--- Dave Andruczyk <djandruczyk at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > you can skip the install cd, all you need is software cd's 1 and 2.  you 
> > can start everything from #1, there are scripts in the Tools directory 
> > call setup_install_server which copy all the files to a location on you 
> > hard drive. this scripts should work in linux even though they are 
> > written for solaris system. there is a script called 
> > setup_install_client which is used to setup the /etc/ethers, 
> > /etc/bootparams, and /tftpboot images. again these scripts expect the 
> > install server to be solaris.
> > 
> > you should be able to mount the cdroms as iso9660. this sounds like a 
> > fun excersize, if you'd like some assistance let me know!!
> > 
> 
> So far not much luck.  It complains that it needs a boot image path (kernel
> image?)
> 
> shrapnel Tools # ./setup_install_server  /scratch/sol/
> ./setup_install_server: line 1: mach: command not found
> ERROR: Install boot image /mnt/cdrom/Solaris_9/Tools/Boot does not exist
>        Check that boot image exists, or use [-t] to
>        specify a valid boot image elsewhere.
> 
> The "mach" error is not critical. (mach is equal to "uname -p")
> 
> The "Boot" symlink on the CD points to a point higher than the cdrom
> mountpoint
> equivalent to "/mnt/s1" if the CD was mounted at /mnt/cdrom.  Assuming it
> might
> be present on a sun box when booted from the CD.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> =====
> Dave J. Andruczyk
> 
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