Can one install packages (pkgadd) while booted from cd?
Our system ( Sunfire 280R Solaris 8) crashed during a reboot for a cluster installation.
Currently the system will only boot from CD. Can the pkgadd command be run with the system booted from CD?
Our system ( Sunfire 280R Solaris 8) crashed during a
reboot for a cluster installation.
Currently the system will only boot from CD. Can the
pkgadd command be run with the system booted from CD?Yes, it can. You can use the -R flag to specify an alternate root device (the hard disk).
Of course repairing the boot failures may involve more than simply running pkgadd.
Darren
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