Sol10 Jumpstart on X86 insists on doing interactive install

Question

Hi,
I've been using Jumpstart for long time installing both Solaris 8 and 10 for Sparc, however now I got a brand new X4200 so I'm trying to set up the same install environment for x86. Unfortunately I don't seem to be able to convince the installation process to use Custom Jumpstart, it always goes into interactive mode. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
My environment:
* DHCP and TFTP server running Debian Linux, this seems to work fine, the Sun gets its PXE bootinfo and loads the correct menu.1st file
* Solaris 10 6.06 x86 DVD image exported from a Sun (running Solaris 8 but that shouldn't matter), jumpstart files also served by this server
when the system boots I get the following feedback on the screen:
krtld: Unused kernel arguments: 'install - nowin'
SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic_118855-14 32-bit
Copyright 1983-2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Configuring devices.
Solaris Interactive Text (Console session)
Beginning system identicifaction...
Searching for configuration files(s)...
Using sysid configuration file 10.221.60.206:/install/jumpstart10-x86/test/sysidcfg
Search complete.
Discovering additional network configuration...
Completing system identification...
After this I get dropped into the interactive text-based install
How can I convince the installer I want a completely unattended install?
Here are the content of my installation files
--- menu.1st --------------------------------------------
default=0
timeout=3
title Solaris_10 Jumpstart
kernel /sol10/I86PC.Solaris_10-1/multiboot kernel/unix install - nowin -B install_config=10.221.60.206:/install/jumpstart10-x86/,sysid_config=10.221.60.206:/install/jumpstart10-x86/Sysidcfg/test,install_media=10.221.60.206:/install/Solaris10-6.06-x86,install_boot=10.221.60.206:/install/Solaris10-6.06-x86/boot
module /sol10/I86PC.Solaris_10-1/x86.miniroot
--- sysidcfg ---------------------------------------------
system_locale=en_US
timezone=MET
timeserver=localhost
terminal=vt100
name_service=NONE
security_policy=NONE
network_interface=PRIMARY{protocol_ipv6=no netmask=255.255.255.192}
root_password=xxxxxxxxxxxxx
---- rules.ok -----------------------------------------------
any - - Profiles/x4200_full_profile -
# version=2 checksum=3180
---- x4200_full_profile ---------------------------------
install_type initial_install
system_type server
cluster SUNWCall
partitioning explicit
locale en_US
geo W_Europe
filesys rootdisk.s0 free /
filesys rootdisk.s1 1024 swap
I'm sure I'm doing something stupid.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Nico

Answer 1

Good point, I was already thinking that direction. It seems to fill in most questions correctly already except for the hostname, the fact that he needs to use NIS and the domain name. So I used another sysidcfg file from the Solaris 10 Sparc jumpstart installation and made sure the hostname/ip-address exists in the hosts map in NIS. But he's still asking the same questions.
------- new sysidcfg --------------
name_service=NIS { domain_name=sonytel.be name_server=cochonette(10.221.60.206)}
root_password=xxxxxxxxxxxxx
system_locale=C
timeserver=localhost
timezone=MET
terminal=vt100
security_policy=none
network_interface=PRIMARY {netmask=255.255.255.192 protocol_ipv6=no default_route=10.221.60.254}
NIS has the right entry
ypcat hosts | grep 10.221.60.240
10.221.60.240 piro.mydomain.com piro
10.221.60.240 piro.mydomain.com piro
DNS is also correct
nslookup piro
Name: piro.mydomain.com
Address: 10.221.60.240
nslookup 10.221.60.240
Name: piro.mydomain.com
Address: 43.221.60.240
Doing a snoop on the NIS server reveals he's not even trying to reach the server.