Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Configured PXE boot Server


Server IP (Static) 192.168.0.50
Host IP (thru DHCP) 192.168.0.30
Copy the entire contents of RHEL 5.4 DVD in to any of the directory (mine is /exports)
Create a kickstart file and place  it any directory (mine is /kickstart)
Grant 777 permission for ks.cfg and /exports and /kickstart
Install dhcp,tftp through yum
As tftp is xinetd service enable it in /etc/xinetd.d/tftp à disable=no
Chkconfig - - add  tftp
Now
Run these utilities
Syntax:
# pxeos -a -i "<description>" -p NFS -D 0 -S <tftp IP addr> -K nfs:<kickstartserver>:/export/kickstart -L /export/kickstart RHEL4
#pxeboot -a -K <kickstart server> -O OS identifier <hostname>

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