[CentOS] Diskless Environment

[gopinath]

yes i have configured /etc/exports

/srv/diskless/i386/RHEL4S/root/  *(rw,sync,no_root_squash)
/srv/diskless/i386/RHEL4S/snapshot *(rw,sync,no_root_squash)

1. nfs server is configured
2. tftp server is configured
3. dhcp server is also configured.

i executed command

pxeos -a -i "centos5" -D 1 -p NFS -s <ip address of nfs server> -L
/srv/diskless/i386/RHEL4S/  -k 2.6.18-53.el5 centos5

the above command was also executed without any errors.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John" <jses27 at gmail.com>
To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [CentOS] Diskless Environment


> On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 12:58 +0530, gopinath wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> >  according to the configuration defined in the below link i had
configured
> > on my PC.
> > But when i do network boot on diskless Pc.
> >
> > It obtains ip from dhcp server
> > then it also loads the defaults file in the pxelinux.cfg directory kept
on
> > the tftp server
> >
> > then it displays
> >
> > Welcome to Redhat Network Install
>
> Well, what are you after? A Network Install or Diskless Install? If you
> want a Diskless Environment then you need to reconfigure your server. Do
> you have /etc/exports configured? You need to give a little bit more
> info on what you have done so far.
>
> >
> > some snake symbol
> >
> > then
> > Enter the number of the Operation system for network install
> >
> > 0: Local Disk
> >
> > boot:
> > Loading from the local disk..
> >
> >
> > please help me out is there anything extra to be done ..
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Max Hetrick" <maxhetrick at verizon.net>
> > To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 7:35 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Diskless Environment
> >
> >
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> > > gopinath wrote:
> > > > How to configure Diskless environment in CentOS 5.1. Please help me
out
> > >
> > >
> > > I have a small guide to setting up an NFS server and then dishing out
> > > diskless clients across PXE booting. It's out of date as I've not had
> > > time to update it to pertain to CentOS 5.1 explicitly, but it should
be
> > > relevant and almost the same.
> > >
> > > <http://www.maxsworld.org/index.php/how-tos/rhel-diskless-clients>
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Max
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