In article <dbjjrn$hcl$1@ns3.arlut.utexas.edu>,
gl@csdsun1.arlut.utexas.edu (Jay G. Scott) wrote:

> In article <42b1d7c6$0$305$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com>,
> Chris Lawson <newsgroups@spamtrap.com> wrote:
> >chadmjohn@gmail.com wrote:
> >> I have a need to perform jumpstart installations across subnets and
> >> will not be able to provide a boot server at each subnet. I can create
> >> jumpstart on a bootable cd, which is essentially a portable (yet local
> >> to the installing client)jumpstart installation system or I can create
> >> profile diskettes to be used for the installation information.
> >>
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >Perhaps WAN Boot would do what you're looking for.
> >
> >Overview
> >http://www.sun.com/software/whitepap...secure_wan.pdf
> >
> >How to
> >http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817...kv4nh4g?a=view
> >
> >--
> >Chris
>
>
> on sparc, what i do is put an ordinary solaris distribution
> CD (the 1 of 2 CD, ie, the CD with the boot image on it)
> and say:
> boot cdrom - install nfs://<ipaddress>/tmp/Q/v440m.tar dhcp nowin
>
> the ipaddress is the ip address of the jumpstart server.
> we assume you can do nfs across subnets.
> my dhcp server will give the machine its hostname and ip.
> the v440m.tar is a tar file of the machine's profile,
> rules.ok, sysidcfg, ....
> it lives in /tmp/Q so i don't have to type so much.
>
>
> or you can try a Begin script that mounts the
> OS distribution under /cdrom.....

The OP wants to boot across nets with RAPR and only a single boot
server. He's been told he can't do that and needs to switch to DHCP to
boot across routers. AFAIK, you can't boot without a multihomed boot
server as the rarp/bootp protocol isn't routable (but dhcp is).

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