Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 08-05-2008 Deployment Manual page 78

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4.3.3 Using PXE Boot
Some technical background information as well as PXE's complete specifications are
available in the Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) Specification
.pix.net/software/pxeboot/archive/pxespec.pdf).
1 Change to the directory of your installation repository and copy the linux,
2 Install the syslinux package directly from your installation CDs or DVDs
3 Copy the /usr/share/syslinux/pxelinux.0 file to the /srv/
4 Change to the directory of your installation repository and copy the isolinux
5 Edit the /srv/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default file and remove the
6 Insert the following entries in the append lines of the default failsafe and
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4c Save the file and restart xinetd with rcxinetd restart.
initrd, message, and memtest files to the /srv/tftpboot directory
by entering the following:
cp -a boot/loader/linux boot/loader/initrd
boot/loader/message boot/loader/memtest /srv/tftpboot
with YaST.
tftpboot directory by entering the following:
cp -a /usr/share/syslinux/pxelinux.0 /srv/tftpboot
.cfg file to /srv/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default by entering the
following:
cp -a boot/loader/isolinux.cfg /srv/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
lines beginning with gfxboot, readinfo, and framebuffer.
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