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Add a loopback filesystem to a non-global Solaris zone

09-Jan-09

Use zonecfg to configure the lofs mount; this will work nicely for CDs in addition to ordinary filesystems:
# zonecfg -z zone1
zonecfg:zone1> add fs
zonecfg:zone1:fs> set dir=/depot
zonecfg:zone1:fs> set special=/depot
zonecfg:zone1:fs> set type=lofs
zonecfg:zone1:fs> add options [nodevices]
zonecfg:zone1:fs> end
zonecfg:zone1> commit
zonecfg:zone1> exit
special is the directory from the global zone to mount; dir is the mount [...]

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Creating a new Solaris Zone

08-Jan-09

This information, of course exists many other places on the web, but for me, most conveniently, here.  
An example configuration session:
# zonecfg -z host1
host1: No such zone configured
Use ‘create’ to begin configuring a new zone.
zonecfg:host1> create
zonecfg:host1> set zonepath=/zones/host1
zonecfg:host1> set autoboot=true
zonecfg:host1> add net
zonecfg:host1:net> set address=172.16.3.242
zonecfg:host1:net> set physical=e1000g0
[...]

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