User's Manual

130 Running Deployment Scripts and RPMs Using DTK and Embedded Linux
Network-Based Deployment
The procedure below enables you to boot DTK over network and pass
parameters (startup script location and name) during boot using the
Pre-boot
eXecution Environment (PXE) configuration file. This automatically launches
the start-up script off the network share, when DTK is booted.
1 Obtain the ISO image of the embedded Linux available at
support.dell.com .
2 Burn the ISO image using any commonly available CD/DVD burning
software.
NOTE: When you create a bootable CD/DVD, this image is supplied to the
CD/DVD burning software along with the complete deployment directory
structure, which includes all necessary supporting files to perform
the deployment.
The CD/DVD burning software creates a self-bootable CD/DVD when the
CD/DVD is booted.
3 Set up the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) services and the Dynamic
Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) services on your network to boot the
target system using PXE.
4 Copy the contents of the embedded Linux DTK ISO image ( SA.1 , SA.2 ,
and
isolinux.cfg ) from /mnt/cdrom/isolinux to the tftp folder.
5 The isolinux.cfg file has various boot options. Select the method you want,
and edit the
isolinux.cfg file for the following:
• IP address of the network share
• Share path of the network share
• Name of your startup script