10.3.3.4. ...configuring a PXE installation from the command line?

Although system-config-netboot is recommended for PXE configuration, you can also use the pxeos and pxeboot commands to configure PXE from the command line.

To configure a version of Fedora Core for PXE booting:

# pxeos -a -i " Fedora Core 6 " -p HTTP -D 0 -s 192.168.1.2 -L /fedora fc6

These are the arguments used:

-a

Add to the existing configuration

-i " Fedora Core 6 "

The descriptive identification for this entry

-p HTTP

Installation protocol (can be HTTP , FTP , or NFS )

-D 0

Sets this up as an installation instead of a diskless boot

-s 192.168.1.2

The HTTP, FTP, or NFS server address

-L /fedora

The pathname on the server; in this example, the -p , -s , and -L options combine to be equivalent to http://192.168.1.2/fedora

fc6

The operating system identifier

To configure specific hosts to use the fc6 boot image:

# pxeboot -a -O fc6 192.168.1

This will configure all hosts that have an IP address beginning with 192.168.1 to use the fc6 configuration. To configure the use of a Kickstart file (see the next lab), add the option -K followed by the Kickstart URL.