Preparing The Boot Of The Target System; Setting Up A Dhcp Server - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 11-05-2007 Installation Manual

4.3 Preparing the Boot of the Target
This section covers the configuration tasks needed in complex boot scenarios. It contains
ready-to-apply configuration examples for DHCP, PXE boot, TFTP, and Wake on
LAN.

4.3.1 Setting Up a DHCP Server

There are two ways to set up a DHCP server. For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and
higher, YaST provides a graphical interface to the process. Users of any other SUSE
Linux-based products and non-SUSE Linux users should manually edit the configuration
files or use the front-end provided by their operating system vendors.
Setting Up a DHCP Server with YaST
To announce the TFTP server's location to the network clients and specify the boot
image file the installation target should use, add two declarations to your DHCP server
configuration.
1 Log in as root to the machine hosting the DHCP server.
2 Start YaST > Network Services > DHCP Server.
3 Complete the setup wizard for basic DHCP server setup.
4 Select Expert Settings and select Yes when warned about leaving the start-up di-
5 In the Configured Declarations dialog, select the subnet in which the new system
6 In the Subnet Configuration dialog select Add to add a new option to the subnet's
7 Select filename and enter pxelinux.0 as the value.
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alog.
should be located and click Edit.
configuration.