Here follow some basic installations instructions. To activate the 'pxeconfigd' daemon the following actions are required: 1) edit '/etc/services', eg: pxeconfigd 10000/tcp # pxe config daemon 2) edit '/etc/inetd.conf', eg pxeconfigd stream tcp nowait root.sys /usr/sbin/tcpd \ /usr/sara/sbin/pxeconfigd NOTE: the pxeconfigd can only be started from inetd!!! 3) kill -1 `pidof inetd` (Linux) 4) You can test it by: telnet localhost pxeconfigd (or port number> output: Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. ip = 127.0.0.1, hex = 7F000001 file = /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/7F000001 Connection closed by foreign host. 4) As you can see '/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/' is the default directory. If you placed the config file some where else you can add the '-d/--directory' option, eg: pxeconfigd stream tcp nowait root.sys /usr/sbin/tcpd \ /usr/sara/sbin/pxeconfigd -d /// If the daemon work and you want to install/reinstall a node a link must be placed in the '/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg' directory. This can be done with the 'pxeconfig' utility. This utility will ask some question and make the links for you.i The utility require the following setup: 1) All the pxe configuration files must start with preamble 'default.' In this distribution two examples are included. Pxeconfig lets the user decide witch 'default.' config file to use. 2) If default is a link to for example default.harddisk. Then default.harddisk is not included in the list where the user can choose from. 3) You can give command line switch to specifiy where the pxe config files reside: pxeconfig -d /// The last utility is 'hexls'. This utility will displat the hex pxe config file with the corresponding ip-addres. Commens or Suggestions mail them to: Bas van der Vlies http://www.sara.nl for more info about SARA