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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: Stryker on 26 August 2002, 21:00

Title: pxe boot server
Post by: Stryker on 26 August 2002, 21:00

I finally got my pxe server to remotly install linux. But now I want to use it to remotly run linux, so I don't have to install it (or can't for some terminals). I've tried the same method as install, but a boot image in a directory and put it in /etc/pxe.conf, but it says the image is too big and quits. It isn't the clients problem as it has 256MB of memory, and the file was about 700kb. Does anybody know of a method I could boot a terminal that uses PXE ROM with the software packages that come with RH73?

[ August 26, 2002: Message edited by: Stryker ]

Title: pxe boot server
Post by: voidmain on 26 August 2002, 22:09

700k pxe.conf file???? It should not be that large. You might want to look at these:

http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~erwan/pxe/ (http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~erwan/pxe/)
http://www.naos.co.nz/papers/diskless/ (http://www.naos.co.nz/papers/diskless/)

Or do other searches on Google for "linux diskless pxe". Plenty of examples out there...

[ August 26, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]

Title: pxe boot server
Post by: Stryker on 26 August 2002, 22:28

No not the pxe.conf file, the image file for the diskless boot.

Title: pxe boot server
Post by: voidmain on 26 August 2002, 22:36

Ahh, sorry about that. I'll do some playing and see what I can come up with..

Title: pxe boot server
Post by: Stryker on 27 August 2002, 00:46

I got pxelinux (part os syslinux) to get rid of the size problem. I'm compiling a kernel now and am going to put it on there, it should work.