I managed to figure it out. I didn't realize that the path I provided via dhcp was relative to /tftpboot Once I got that sorted out, it was easy to integrate with my existing kickstart setup. I must say, that a coherent, up to date, how-to is desperately needed. It would be really nice to talk a bit about the differences between a 6.0 and 7.0 pxe kickstart. thanks! dshahin yiping@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Jason: > > I definitely look forward to reading your mini-howto on this subject. > > On a related subject, have you or anyone used wake-on-lan feature of most > modern NIC cards/motherboards ? I have downloaded a couple of tiny utils > from net to do this, but I have never been able to cause any machines to > start up. I have tried Dell Optplex-GX300, VA Linux 2200 (using Intel 440GL > MB). > > If anyone have succeeded using wake-on-lan under Linux, what tools do you > use and what are the requirements? > > Yiping > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason L Tibbitts III > To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Sent: 6/19/01 5:46 PM > Subject: Re: pxe kickstart > > >>>>> "DS" == Daniel Shahin <dshahin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > DS> can anyone point me to a good resource for configuring pxe kickstart > DS> for red hat 7.1? > > I was in the process of writing up a mini-howto, since I just did this. > Unfortunately the floods here in Houston have shut down all of our > operations, but I can still remember most of it if you have specific > questions. > > DS> I have all of the packages installed, but documentation is so spotty > DS> that I can't find a good up to date how-to of exactly what images to > DS> put where. > > Which packages do you have installed? (And what hardware are you > using?) > I booted using pxelinux (part of the syslinux RPM) and the instructions > on > getting that working were pretty good. > > DS> The dhcp discovery phase is working, but then the tftp just hangs... > > If you're using pxelinux, it will try to retrieve the image using a > whole > bunch of names. All but the last will fail, but xinetd will shut down > the > tftp server because it is looping. You must alter the > /etc/init.d/xinetd > file to start xinetd with something like "-loop 100" to shut this off. > > - J< > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
