Setting Up Mba In A Server Environment - D-Link DGE-560SX User Manual

3.2.3 Setting Up MBA in a Server Environment

Linux Red Hat PXE Server
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux has PXE Server support. It allows users to remotely perform a
complete Linux installation over the network. The distribution comes with the boot images
boot kernel (vmlinuz) and initial ram disk (initrd), which are located on the Red Hat disk#1:
/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
/images/pxeboot/initrd.img
Refer to the Red Hat documentation for instructions on how to install PXE Server on Linux.
The Initrd.img file distributed with Red Hat 8.0, however, does not have a Linux network
driver for the D-Link NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet adapter.
This version requires drivers that are not part of the standard distribution. You can create a
driver disk for the D-Link NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet adapter using files obtained from the
support website.NetXtreme Refer to the Linux Readme.txt file for more information.
A remote boot does not require a standard Linux network driver for the D-Link NetXtreme
Gigabit Ethernet adapter. After the PXE client downloads the Linux kernel and initial ram disk,
the Linux universal driver that came with the Linux distribution binds with the UNDI code of
the PXE to form a Linux network driver.
NOTE: Refer to the Distrib.txt file on the installation CD for a list of the specific Linux
distributions on which the driver has been tested.
Windows Server 2003
The current version of Windows Server 2003 does not include the latest released network
driver for the D-Link NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet adapter. You can create a driver disk for the
adapter using files obtained from the support website. To perform remote installations with
PXE, include a network driver for the NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet adapter as a part of the
client installation image on the server. Refer to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article, "How to
Add Third-Party OEM Network Adapters to RIS Installations." See also Troubleshooting for
details.
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