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Figure 31.2. Add a Host
Enter the following information:
• Hostname or IP Address/Subnet — The IP address, fully qualified hostname, or a subnet
of systems that should be allowed to connect to the PXE server for installations.
• Operating System — The operating system identifier to install on this client. The list is pop-
ulated from the network install instances created from the Network Installation Dialog.
• Serial Console — This option allows use of a serial console.
• Kickstart File — The location of a kickstart file to use, such as ht-
tp://server.example.com/kickstart/ks.cfg. This file can be created with the Kickstart Con-
figurator. Refer to Chapter 29, Kickstart Configurator for details.
Ignore the Snapshot name and Ethernet options. They are only used for diskless environ-
ments.
3.1. Command Line Configuration
If the network server is not running X, the pxeboot utility, a part of the system-config-netboot
package, can be used to add hosts which are allowed to connect to the PXE server:
pxeboot -a -K <kickstart> -O <os-identifier> -r <value><host>
The following list explains the options:
• -a — Specifies that a host is to be added.
• -K<kickstart> — The location of the kickstart file, if available.
• -O<os-identifier> — Specifies the operating system identifier as defined in Section 2, “PXE
Boot Configuration”.
• -r<value> — Specifies the ram disk size.
• <host> — Specifies the IP address or hostname of the host to add.
For more information on command line options available for the pxeboot command, refer to the
pxeboot man page.
4. TFTPD
4.1. Starting the tftp Server
On the DHCP server, verify that the tftp-server package is installed with the command rpm -q
tftp-server. If it is not installed, install it via Red Hat Network or the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
CD-ROMs.
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