Integrating The Clients - Compaq BL10e - HP ProLiant - 512 MB RAM Troubleshooting Manual

Integrating the clients

The following examples explain how to get a Red Hat Linux 8.0 client setup and integrated into the
PXE server. When using other Linux distributions, slight changes to the commands and scripts are
required.
Populate the NFS server with Linux installation files using either of the following methods:
1.
Method 1: storing the Linux installation media as ISO images
To use RHupdate with this method, place the updates.img file next to the ISO images.
To perform an ISO image dump, use the following commands:
Note
It is not necessary to mount each CD after insertion. The dd command
is not affected by the act of mounting the CD.
mkdir -p /var/ftp/pub/rhl80
cd /var/ftp/pub/rhl80
insert CD #1
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=Psyche-i386-disc1-boxset.iso
insert CD #2
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=Psyche-i386-disc2-boxset.iso
insert CD #3
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=Psyche-i386-disc3-boxset.iso
Method 2: unpacking the Linux installation media to a directory
To use RHupdate with this method, place the updates.img file image in the RedHat/base/
directory. Alternatively, you may place the contents of the updates.img file image into the
RedHat/RHupdates/ directory of the unpacked source media. Unpacking the source media will
also allow for updated RPMs.
Since Red Hat Linux 7.2 and Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 cannot use ISO images to
perform installs, the contents of the CDs must be unpacked to a directory on the server to enable
the automated installs described in this document.
To unpack the base media to a directory, choose one of the following options:
Option 1: dumping from ISO images
mkdir -p /var/ftp/pub/rhl72/i386
cd /var/ftp/pub/rhl72
for X in enigma-i386-disc1.iso enigma-i386-disc2.iso; do
mkdir $X.dir;
mount $X $X.dir -o loop;
(cd $X.dir && tar -cf - .)|(cd i386 && tar -xvf -);
umount $X.dir;
rmdir $X.dir;
done
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