On Jumpstart and Flash archives

Even though a flash archive can be a full copy of your
file system don't be tempted to use Solaris 8 to
install a Solaris 9 flash archive image.  This is NOT
saying that the OE on your jumpstart server cannot be
Solaris 8.  It just means that you need to load the
Solaris 9 media on your jumpstart server with the
setup_install_server script from the Solaris 9 media
and use the add_install_client script from the
Solaris9/Tools directory if you are planning on
jumpstarting a server using a flash archive that
was created from a server running Solaris 9.

In general, when the net boot starts make sure that
the OE version (Solaris 8 or Solaris 9) that shows up
in the boot banner matches the OE version that you
are trying to install on the server.

This is critical because the cleanup that the suninstall
script does after loading the software depends on which
version of Solaris is being installed (the location of
system files may change from version to version).