Disk Space

Confirm that you have sufficient space on your system to use the distribution constructor. The recommended minimum size for your distribution constructor work space is 8 Gbytes.

OpenSolaris 2009.06 release

Install the SPARC or x86 OpenSolaris 2009.06 operating system (OS) on your system.

When using the distribution constructor, you can only create SPARC images on a SPARC system. And, you can only create x86 images on an x86 system.

• X86 Slim CD images for the OpenSolaris 2009.06 operating system, also called Live CD images, can be downloaded from http://www.opensolaris.com/get/. For instructions about installing the OpenSolaris release from the Live CD onto your x86 system, see Getting Started With OpenSolaris.

• SPARC Slim CD images are not supported. However, you can use the automated installer to install the SPARC OpenSolaris OS on your system. For information about using the automated installer, see the OpenSolaris Automated Installer Guide.

Note - Your installed OpenSolaris system must have network access.

Specifically, the distribution constructor accesses Image Packaging System (IPS) repositories that are available on the network to retrieve packages for the ISO image. You must have network access to the repositories that you specify in the manifest file.

Also, note that you must run the distribution constructor as root.

Required packages

Install the SUNWdistro-const package, which contains the distribution constructor application, on your system.

You can use the Package Manager tool to install the required package. The Package Manager is available on the menu bar on the desktop of the OpenSolaris 2009.06 operating system. On the menu bar, go to System>Administration>Package Manager.

Alternately, use IPS commands such as the following to install this package:

# pkg install SUNWdistro-const