Boot server for solaris clients

Can any one give me the steps to configure a temporary boot server .. so that i can boot one of my failing server which does not have cdrom .
I do not want to configure full fledge jumpstart box .. i need it just for recovery purpose. And i want to set it up in one of my other servers .. which is running several solaris zones.

Setting up a "full" jumpstart server is quite easy. You just don't have to make lots of customizations to enable non-interactive installs.
Run the setup_install_server on the media to copy the data to the server. If using CD sets, go through each of the other disks and run the update_install_server scripts. Then run add_install_client in the destination Tool directory to set up all the config files for the client.
(It's possible to skip the first step and do the client setup from the DVD directly, but this is usually simpler).
Darren

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