Changeset 9 for trunk/pxeconfig/INSTALL
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- 02/21/02 16:30:43 (22 years ago)
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r8 r9 1 Here follow some basic installation sinstructions.1 Here follow some basic installation instructions. 2 2 3 3 To activate the 'pxeconfigd' daemon the following actions are required: … … 28 28 29 29 4) As you can see '/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/' is the default directory. If 30 you placed the config files some 30 you placed the config files somewhere else you can add the 31 31 '-d/--directory' option, eg: 32 32 pxeconfigd stream tcp nowait root.sys /usr/sbin/tcpd \ 33 33 /usr/sara/sbin/pxeconfigd -d /<some>/<other>/<place> 34 34 35 If the daemon works and you want to install/reinstall a node a link35 If the daemon works and you want to install/reinstall a node, a link 36 36 must be placed in the '/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg' directory. This can 37 37 be done with the 'pxeconfig' utility. This utility will ask some 38 question and make the links for you. The utility requirethe following38 questions and will make the links for you. The utility requires the following 39 39 setup: 40 1) All the pxe configuration files must start with preamble 'default.' 40 1) All the pxe configuration files must start with the keyword 'default.' 41 N.B.: yes, the dot after 'default' is part and parcel of the keyword! 41 42 In this distribution two examples are included. Pxeconfig lets the 42 user decide w itch 'default.' config file to use.43 user decide which 'default.' config file to use. 43 44 44 2) If default is a link to for example default.harddisk. Then45 2) If default is a symbolic link to for example default.harddisk, then 45 46 default.harddisk is not included in the list where the user can 46 47 choose from. 47 48 48 3) You can give command line switch to specifiy where the49 3) You can give a command line switch to specify where the 49 50 pxe config files reside: 50 51 pxeconfig -d /<some>/<other>/<place> 51 52 52 53 The last utility is 'hexls'. This utility will display the hex pxe config 53 file with the corresponding ip-addres .54 file with the corresponding ip-addresses. 54 55 55 To activate this on a client you must add the thisline to the 'master'56 To activate this on a client you must add the following line to the 'master' 56 57 script of the node. It will remove the pxe config file for the node 57 58 on the bootserver. I personally place the line just before the network
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