Preparing The Boot Of The Target System - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 17-03-2009 Deployment Manual

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6 Repeat the previous step to mount all ISO images needed for your product.
7 Start your installation server as usual, as described in
To automatically mount the ISO images at boot time, add the respective mount entries
to /etc/fstab. An entry according to the previous example would look like the
following:
path_to_iso path_to_instsource/product
medium auto loop
11.3 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.
11.3.1 Setting Up a DHCP Server
There are two ways to set up a DHCP server. For SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop,
YaST provides a graphical interface to the process. Users can also manually edit the
configuration files.
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.
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Replace path_to_iso with the path to your local copy of the ISO image,
path_to_instsource with the source directory of your server, product
with the product name, and mediumx with the type (CD or DVD) and number
of media you are using.
Up an NFS Installation Source Manually"
Up an FTP Installation Source Manually"
Up an HTTP Installation Source Manually"
System
Section 11.2.2, "Setting
(page 128),
Section 11.2.3, "Setting
(page 131), or
Section 11.2.4, "Setting
(page 133).

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