wiki:PxeUsage

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Usage

If the daemon works 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 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.harddisk, then default.harddisk is not included in the list where the user can choose from.
  • You can give a command line switch to specify where the pxe config files reside:
            pxeconfig -d /<some>/<other>/<place>
    

The last utility is hexls. This utility will display the hex pxe config file with the corresponding ip-addresses and hostnames

Systemimager activation

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