Command Line Configuration; Adding A Custom Boot Message; Performing The Pxe Installation - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 4 System Administration Manual

• Kickstart File — The location of a kickstart file to use, such as http://server.example.com/
kickstart/ks.cfg. This file can be created with the Kickstart Configurator. Refer to
Kickstart Configurator
Ignore the Snapshot name and Ethernet options. They are only used for diskless environments. For
more information on configuring a diskless environment, refer to
details.

3.3.1. Command Line Configuration

If the network server is not running X, the pxeboot utility, a part of the system-config-netboot
package, can be used to add hosts which are allowed to connect to the PXE server:
pxeboot -a -K <kickstart> -O <os-identifier> -r <value><host>
The following list explains the options:
• -a — Specifies that a host is to be added.
• -K<kickstart> — The location of the kickstart file, if available.
• -O<os-identifier> — Specifies the operating system identifier as defined in
Boot Configuration".
• -r<value> — Specifies the ram disk size.
• <host> — Specifies the IP address or hostname of the host to add.
For more information on command line options available for the pxeboot command, refer to the
pxeboot man page.

3.4. Adding a Custom Boot Message

Optionally, modify /tftpboot/linux-install/msgs/boot.msg to use a custom boot message.

3.5. Performing the PXE Installation

For instructions on how to configure the network interface card with PXE support to boot from the
network, consult the documentation for the NIC. It varies slightly per card.
After the system boots the installation program, refer to the Installation Guide.
for details.
Command Line Configuration
Chapter 4, Diskless Environments
Section 3.2, "PXE
Chapter 2,
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