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      1   0    dave Welcome to the OpenSolaris Live Media kit.
      2   0    dave 
      3   9  dminer This kit may be used to construct a live DVD or USB flash device from a Solaris
      4   9  dminer Express x86 installation DVD.  This kit contains the following:
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      6   0    dave build_live_dvd: main script which is executed to construct the Live DVD image
      7   9  dminer build_live_dvd.conf.sample: sample configuration file for build_live_dvd
      8   0    dave bootcd_skel: directory hierarchy of modifications for Live DVD operation
      9   0    dave packages: collection of additional pieces used in the live DVD, most notably
     10   0    dave the compressed lofi driver.
     11   9  dminer usbcopy: utility to copy a live USB image to a designated device
     12  41    dave usbgen: utility to generate a live USB image from a live DVD iso
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     14   9  dminer To construct a live DVD or USB image:
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     16  25  dminer 0.  Install Solaris Express, Community Edition.  In general you should be using
     17  25  dminer the same (or close to the same) release as the version of the live DVD that
     18  25  dminer you want to build, as some of the system configuration is
     19  25  dminer pre-computed by build_live_dvd and may not work correctly on older releases.
     20  25  dminer In particular, Solaris 10 (any version) will not correctly execute the Gnome
     21  25  dminer pre-configuration steps.
     22   0    dave 1.  Obtain a Solaris Express x86 installation DVD image.  Using lofi to
     23   0    dave mount up the .iso is recommended for speed of building.  A combined netinstall
     24   0    dave image constructed from CD's will also work.  This kit is configured to work
     25  41    dave correctly with build 70 and later.
     26   9  dminer 2.  Copy build_live_dvd.conf.sample to build_live_dvd.conf and configure it
     27   9  dminer to use correct paths for its work.  Note that you'll need at least 5 GB
     28   9  dminer of free space in the area pointed to by BOOTCD_PROTO, more if you intend to also
     29   9  dminer build the USB images.
     30   0    dave 3.  Execute build_live_dvd as root.  The entire process will be logged to
     31  31    dave build_live_dvd.log.  This will take roughly 1.5 hours on relatively new
     32  31    dave hardware.
     33   9  dminer 4.  Create your live media image:
     34   9  dminer 	- For a DVD, burn the resulting solaris_live.iso using cdrw or cdrecord.
     35  25  dminer 	- For a USB memory stick, run the included usbcopy program.  usbcopy
     36  25  dminer 	takes one command-line argument, the path to the image built above.
     37  25  dminer 	If you've chosen to use a ZFS volume for this by setting USB_ZVOL in
     38  25  dminer 	build_live_dvd.conf, the path will be /dev/zvol/rdsk/$USB_ZVOL.
     39  25  dminer 	Otherwise, the path is $USB_FILE.  And yes, you need to expand $USB_ZVOL
     40  25  dminer 	and $USB_FILE yourself, usbcopy doesn't read build_live_dvd.conf at this
     41  25  dminer 	time.
     42   9  dminer 5.  Insert the DVD or USB stick and reboot; you may need to interrupt your BIOS
     43   9  dminer to select the correct boot device.  The GRUB menu offers both graphical
     44   0    dave and text mode.
     45   0    dave 6.  You'll need to answer one question regarding keyboard layout.
     46   0    dave 7.  Login as root, password is solaris.
     47  31    dave 8.  If you'd like to install Solaris to a hard drivefrom the live image, you
     48  31    dave first need to create a Solaris2 fdisk partition (using Solaris fdisk, or your
     49  36    dave other favorite tool for doing so) and then double-click the "Install Solaris"
     50  36    dave icon on the desktop.  This will install to a UFS root file system.
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     52   0    dave Known issues:
     53  25  dminer 1.  build_live_dvd generates the following warning:
     54  25  dminer UX /usr/ccs/bin/tsort: INFORM: cycle in data
     55  25  dminer         SUNWdhcsr
     56  25  dminer         SUNWdhcsu
     57  25  dminer         SUNWwbcou
     58  25  dminer         SUNWwbapi
     59  25  dminer         SUNWj5rt
     60  25  dminer         SUNWmfrun
     61  25  dminer         SUNWcar
     62  25  dminer 	
     63  25  dminer The warning is harmless and may be ignored.
     64  25  dminer 
     65   5    dave Questions, comments, contributions to livemedia-discuss (a] opensolaris.org
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