A: Oracle Solaris Image Types include:
x86 or SPARC ISO Image for Automated Installations – The Oracle Solaris release includes the automated installer tool. The automated installer (AI) is used to automate the installation of the Oracle Solaris OS on one or more SPARC and x86 systems over a network.
D:
* You can also create custom scripts to modify your installation image. Then, you can add checkpoints to the manifest file to run these custom scripts.
* You can use the options provided in the distro_const command to stop and restart the build process at various stages in the image-generation process, in order to check and debug the image that is being built. This process of stopping and restarting during the build process is called checkpointing. Checkpointing is optional. Default checkpoints are specified in each manifest file.
Incorrect:
Not B: Only for x86, not for SPARC-
Oracle Solaris x86 LiveCD – You can create an x86 ISO image that is comparable to the LiveCD image that's distributed as an Oracle Solaris release. You can also modify the content of this ISO image by adding or removing packages. You can revise the default settings for the resulting booted environment to create a custom ISO image or USB image.
Note: The distribution constructor creates images based on settings specified in XML files, called manifest files. The manifest files contain specifications for the contents and parameters for the ISO images that you create using the distribution constructor. The distribution-constructor package provides sample manifests that can be used to create a custom x86 Live Media ISO, an x86 or SPARC Automated Install ISO image, or an x86 or SPARC text installation ISO image.
The elements in each manifest file provide preset, default values that will create the type of ISO image you need. You can manually edit these preset elements in a manifest file to customize the resulting image. In addition, you can create custom scripts to further modify your image. Then, reference the new scripts in the manifest file.
