GNU/Linux |
CentOS 4.8 |
i386 |
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pxeboot(8) |
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pxeboot − Network Booting Operating Systems Configuration Utility
pxeboot [OPTION] [Hostname | IP Address | Subnet]
This is a command line tool for configuring PXE boot files.
-a, add
add a new PXE Boot file. |
-m, modify
modify a PXE boot file |
-d, delete
delete a PXE boot file |
-l, list
list all PXE boot files |
-s, serial
Use serial console on client |
-S, snapshot <snapshotname>
Use alternate name for diskless snapshot directory |
-e, ethernet <ethernet device>
Use this ethernet device to mount diskless directories |
-K, kickstart <kickstartfile>
specify the location of the kickstart file, this should be specified as a kernel parameter. http://frodo.lab.boston.redhat.com/kickstart/ks.cfg |
-r, ramdisk <size>
specify the size of ramdisk to be used by the installation/diskless kernel |
-O, os <Operating System>
specify the operating system description as created with pxeos |
-h, help
show usage |
Hostname | IP Address
specify the Hostname or IP Address/Subnet to be used for creation of the PXE boot file. |
/usr/sbin/pxeboot
/tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg/pxeos.xml
/usr/share/system-config-netboot/*
/tftpboot/linux-install/*
To run this program simply type:
pxeboot -l
List all the pxeboot files
pxeboot -a -O
RHEL-AS-Diskless -r 1000 10.0
Create a PXEBoot file which will boot a diskless Operating
System for any host in the 10.0 subnet
This utility configures PXE boot files to be used for network installations or diskless environments.
system-config-netboot(8)
pxeos(8)
Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
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