[CentOS] Interactive PXE install

James A. Peltier jpeltier at sfu.ca
Fri Aug 5 00:13:23 UTC 2011


----- Original Message -----
| I've got a system (Supermicro P8SCT) that lacks a floppy or CD and
| it's old
| enough that it won't boot from a USB stick. Before I scrounge an
| optical
| drive to plug in, I thought perhaps I could install over the network,
| as I
| see "legacy LAN boot" in the BIOS menu.
| 
| The guides for a LAN install I've found all want to do an automated
| kickstart install. Are there any guides that explain how to use eg.
| CentOS-6.0-i386-netinstall.iso for an interactive PXE installation?
| 
| I think I understand the DHCP config and I've got tftpd installed on
| my
| CentOS 5 server and see the empty /tftpboot directory. I'm guessing I
| need
| to unpack some of the files in the iso image into /tftpboot in some
| special
| layout and add some files from /usr/lib/syslinux. What's not clear is
| what
| files in the image go where in the tftpboot system, and what the menu
| stanza should look like in the menu file.
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Add the word interactive to your kickstart as an easy workaround.  We also use memdisk with the "iso" option or grub to boot the ISO installation media

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James A. Peltier
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