Dan, what's the rest of your /etc/pxe.conf file look like? For what you showed, mine is the same as yours. However, when I try to pxe boot, the server tries to serve /tftpboot/X86PC/UNDI/linux-install/linux.0 instead of /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.0. Thanks! Andrew > From: Daniel Segall [mailto:dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Here's how I do it... > > dhcpd.conf: > ################################### > > ddns-update-style interim; > ignore client-updates; > > subnet 10.1.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { > > # --- default gateway > option routers 10.1.1.1; > option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; > > # option nis-domain "domain.org"; > # option domain-name "domain.org"; > # option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1; > > # option time-offset -18000; # Eastern > Standard Time > # option ntp-servers 192.168.1.1; > # option netbios-name-servers 192.168.1.1; > # --- Selects point-to-point node (default is hybrid). Don't > change this > unless > # -- you understand Netbios very well > # option netbios-node-type 2; > > range dynamic-bootp 10.1.1.200 10.1.1.250; > 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; > # } > filename "pxelinux.0"; > next-server 10.1.1.1; > } > > In the pxe.conf: > ################################### > > [OurIpAddress] > 10.1.1.1 > > [Mtftpd_Root_Directory] > /tftpboot > > [UseDHCPPort] > 0 > > [StartProxy] > 1 > > [startBootService] > 1 > > [MasterProxy] > 1 > > [Discovery_BCast_Disabled] > 0 > > [Discovery_MCast_Disabled] > 0 > > [Prompt] > 10,Press F8 to view menu ... > > > /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default > ################################### > # Default PXE Config > > # Local boot by default > default local > > # Always prompt user > prompt 1 > > # Display our boot message > display pxeboot.msg > > # Boot automatically after 10 minute > timeout 6000 > > label local > localboot 0 > label Rescue > kernel vmlinuz-RHES-3 > append initrd=initrd-RHES-3.img rescue > ks=nfs:10.1.1.1:/kickstart/rescue.ks.cfg text devfs=nomount > ramdisk=10240 vga=0xF01 > label RHES-3-U4 > kernel vmlinuz-RHES-3-U4 > append initrd=initrd-RHES-3-U4.img > ks=nfs:10.1.1.1:/kickstart/RHES-3-U4-ks.cfg > label FC-3 > kernel vmlinuz-FC-3 > append initrd=initrd-FC-3.img > ks=nfs:10.1.1.1:/kickstart/FC-3-ks.cfg > > ################################### > > > That's really about it. > > -Dan > > > > > The redhat manual explains how to set up a pxe-boot > environment _without_ > > a > > dhcp proxy. I'm trying to go the next step and add the dhcp > proxy (btw, > > using the pxe-0.1-36.i386.rpm package provided by redhat. > Just to make > > things interesting, the dchp proxy server is named pxe.) > I'm looking for > > help in configuring the dhcp proxy server. > > > > Andrew > > > >> From: Daniel Segall [mailto:dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > >> > >> The redhat manual goes into a bit of detail on setting up a > >> pxe/tftp/dhcp > >> kickstart environment. Chapters 9, 10, 14, & 15 should help > >> you out. It > >> can be found at > >> https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/s > >> ysadmin-guide/index.html > >> > >> -Dan > >> > >> > I am exploring the use of the proxy-dhcp server. The one > >> that comes with > >> > Red > >> > Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 4 is pxe-0.1-36.i386.rpm. > >> With a pxe server > >> > without the dhcp proxy, when a client pxe-boots, it > >> displays the menu > >> > specified in the /tftpboot/linux-install/msgs/boot.msg > file. When I > >> > install > >> > the dhcp proxy (pxe-0.1-36.i386.rpm), when the client > pxe-boots, the > >> > messages displayed are those specified in the /etc/pxe.conf > >> file. I would > >> > like to get the dhcp proxy to use the messages in the > >> boot.msg file. I > >> > assume there is some way to specify that in the pxe.conf > >> file. However, I > >> > do > >> > not understand the dhcp proxy or the pxe.conf file to know > >> how to do that. > >> > Plus the documentation seems sparse. Can someone tell me > >> how to accomplish > >> > my goal? Better yet, can someone direct me to a forum > where I may be > >> > enlightened in this and other pxe-boot questions? > >> > > >> > Thanks! > >> > > >> > Andrew Robinson > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Kickstart-list mailing list > >> > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Kickstart-list mailing list > >> Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kickstart-list mailing list > > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list >
