Installation guide

config-netboot package, can be used to configure the tftp server files as described in Sec-
tion 4, “TFTPD”:
pxeos -a -i "<description>" -p <NFS|HTTP|FTP> -D 0 -s client.example.com \
-L <net-location> -k <kernel> -K <kickstart><os-identifer>
The following list explains the options:
• -a — Specifies that an OS instance is being added to the PXE configuration.
• -i "<description>" — Replace "<description>" with a description of the OS instance.
• -p <NFS|HTTP|FTP> — Specify which of the NFS, FTP, or HTTP protocols to use for install-
ation. Only one may be specified.
• -D <0|1> — Specify "0" which indicates that it is not a diskless configuration since pxeos can
be used to configure a diskless environment as well.
• -sclient.example.com — Provide the name of the NFS, FTP, or HTTP server after the -s op-
tion.
• -L<net-location> — Provide the location of the installation tree on that server after the -L
option.
• -k<kernel> — Provide the specific kernel version of the server installation tree for booting.
• -K<kickstart> — Provide the location of the kickstart file, if available.
• <os-identifer> — Specify the OS identifier, which is used as the directory name in the /
tftpboot/linux-install/ directory.
If FTP is selected as the installation protocol and anonymous login is not available, specify a
username and password for login, with the following options before <os-identifer> in the previ-
ous command:
-A 0 -u <username> -p <password>
For more information on command line options available for the pxeos command, refer to the
pxeos man page.
3. Adding PXE Hosts
After configuring the network server, the interface as shown in Figure 31.1, “Add Hosts” is dis-
played.
Figure 31.1. Add Hosts
The next step is to configure which hosts are allowed to connect to the PXE boot server. For the
command line version of this step, refer to Section 3.1, “Command Line Configuration”.
To add hosts, click the New button.
3. Adding PXE Hosts
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