Ok. I've taken a bit different approach. No pxe stuff installed, but syslinux is [root@install_host rhas2.1]# ls -lR /tftpboot/ /tftpboot/: total 12 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 15 14:32 rhas2.1 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 14 11:05 X86PC /tftpboot/rhas2.1: total 4 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 15 14:33 pxe /tftpboot/rhas2.1/pxe: total 1428 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 735282 Jan 15 14:33 initrd.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10820 Jan 15 14:59 pxelinux.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 22 15:18 pxelinux.cfg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 697289 Jan 15 14:33 vmlinuz /tftpboot/rhas2.1/pxe/pxelinux.cfg: total 12 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Jan 16 10:41 0A0A0A04 -> 5500.ks.cfg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178 Jan 16 14:26 5500.ks.cfg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39 Jan 15 14:34 default /tftpboot/X86PC: total 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 14 11:13 UNDI /tftpboot/X86PC/UNDI: total 0 This is the pxelinux.cfg file which gets executed for installations. IF I want to install a box, I create a link using 'gethostip <ip of box>' to this file. Notice the 0A0A0A04 link above. root@install_host rhas2.1]# cat /tftpboot/rhas2.1/pxe/pxelinux.cfg/5500.ks.cfg # for pxeboot based installs. See the README default linux label linux kernel vmlinuz append ksdevice=eth0 load_ramdisk=1 initrd=initrd.img ks=http://ip_of_install_host/iso/rhas2.1/ If there is no link, then the 'default' file gets executed which forces a local boot. [root@install_host rhas2.1]# cat /tftpboot/rhas2.1/pxe/pxelinux.cfg/default default linux label linux localboot 0 Here is a dhcpd file. [root@install_host rhas2.1]# cat /etc/dhcpd.conf subnet subnet_of_install netmask 255.255.255.0 { # --- default gateway option routers ip_of_gateway; option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; option domain-name "some_domain"; option domain-name-servers nameserver_ip; option time-offset -18000; # Eastern Standard Time range ip_range_start ip_range_stop; default-lease-time 21600; max-lease-time 43200; # we want the nameserver to appear at a fixed address # host ns { # next-server marvin.redhat.com; # hardware ethernet 12:34:56:78:AB:CD; # fixed-address 207.175.42.254; # } host mrdevjw1 { hardware ethernet 00:08:02:8A:58:10; fixed-address fixed_ip_1; # for bootnet floppy based ks installs # filename "/home/www/iso/rhas2.1/"; filename "rhas2.1/pxe/pxelinux.0"; next-server install_host_ip; } host ibmx360 { hardware ethernet 00:02:55:AC:4B:72; fixed-address fixed_ip_2; filename "/home/www/iso/rhas2.1/"; next-server instal_host_ip; } } There is a similar write up at http://www.owlriver.com/tips/pxe-install ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Wildman, CISSP, RHCE jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.rossberry.com
