Heads Up for bug 14082

Heads Up: AI Sparc bootargs when booting from network

If you don't use the automated installer on Sparc systems, ignore
this message.  With the fixes for the following bugs:

changeset:   707:2274294287c2
tag:         tip
user:        Ethan Quach <Ethan.Quach@sun.com>
date:        Wed Jan 27 16:15:59 2010 -0800
summary:
        14082 bootarg for booting automated installs over the network
        13766 AI debug mode can only be activated in conjunction with service discovery
        4069 The create-service setup doesn't work if a client is booted using a tip line

A change in build 132 is that Sparc booting will *require* a bootarg
to trigger the  Automated Install.  This new required bootarg is
named "install", as the following:

   ok > boot net:dhcp - install

Without the "install" bootarg, the system will boot into the AI boot
image and present console-login, but automated installation will
not start.

In addition, there is now a bootarg to enable debug mode for Sparc
for the automated installer.  This new bootarg is named "install_debug"
and can be used as such:

   ok > boot net:dhcp - install install_debug

Heads Up: AI x86 default behavior when booting from network

If you don't use the automated installer on x86 systems, ignore
this message.  With the fixes for the following bugs:

changeset:   707:2274294287c2
tag:         tip
user:        Ethan Quach <Ethan.Quach@sun.com>
date:        Wed Jan 27 16:15:59 2010 -0800
summary:
        14082 bootarg for booting automated installs over the network
        13766 AI debug mode can only be activated in conjunction with service discovery
        4069 The create-service setup doesn't work if a client is booted using a tip line

In build 132, the default behavior of booting x86 systems over the
network into AI images has changed.  The default grub menu entry
will no longer start a hands-free automated install.  The second entry
must be selected to kick off the hands-free install.  The first entry will
boot into the AI boot image and present console-login, but automated
installation will not start.

The following table gives the information on what the changes for this
flag day would be and how it impacts your AI server.

AI server bld   AI image bld    Required action
pre 132         pre 132           No change.

pre 132         132 or later      Clients booting this image will not
                                          automatically boot into a hands-
                                          free automated install.  The work-
                                          around is manual. You must hand
                                          edit the menu.lst file associated with
                                          the service and add a "install=true"
                                          property to the -B args.  If you do
                                          specific 'create-client' commands for
                                          your x86 clients, you can instead just
                                          use the -b option to explicitly add the
                                          "install=true" flag into its menu.  Or
                                          add it to the menu entry manually at
                                          boot time.

                                          installadm create-client ... -b install=true ...

132 or later    pre 132           No change.

132 or later    132 or later      Clients booting this image will not
                                          automatically boot into a hands-
                                          free automated install.  This is the
                                          desired new changed behavior.  The
                                          second grub menu option must be
                                          chosen to kick off the hands-free
                                          install. Alternatively, you can use the
                                          -b option with 'create-service' or
                                          'create-client' to explicitly add the
                                          "install=true" flag into the menu,
                                          which will cause the default entry to
                                          do a hands-free install.

                                          installadm create-service ... -b install=true ...
                                          installadm create-client ... -b install=true ...