Usage

If the pxeconfigd works and you want to install, memtest, etc.. 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 questions and will make the links for you. The utility requires the following setup:

• All the pxe configuration files must start with the keyword default. N.B.: yes, the dot after 'default' is part and parcel of the keyword! In this distribution two examples are included. Pxeconfig lets the user decide which default. config file to use.

• If default is a symbolic link to for example default.menu​, then default.menu is not included in the list where the user can choose from.

• The default directory where the pxe config files reside is: /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg. You can override it in configuration file pxeconfig.conf​

Systemimager activation

To activate this on a client depends on your version of systemimager and your preferred method

Telnet method

To activate this on a client you must add the following line to the systemimageer master script of the node. It will remove the pxe config file for the node from the pxe bootserver. I personally place the line just before the umount commands. See below which command to use for which systemimager version.

Telnet is not included in the 3.X versions:

   # Remove the <hex_ipaddr> file from the pxelinux.cfg directory.
   # So the client will boot from disk
   #
   3.X)  chroot /a telnet $IMAGESERVER 6611
   2.X)  telnet $IMAGESERVER 6611

Post install script method

With systemimager version 3.7 and higher it easier to setup. In the systemimager server examples directory there is an pxeconfig post installation script (Author: Ole Holm Nielsen), eg:

 cp /usr/share/doc/systemimager-server/examples/post-install/30all.pxeconfig \\
    <AUTOINSTALL_SCRIPT_DIR>/scripts/post-install