Will McDonald wrote:
On 01/02/06, Plant, Dean dean.plant@roke.co.uk wrote:
We are thinking of using pxe boot with a windows ris server to start off a Centos 4 install. Does anyone know if this is possible?
I've never done it myself but turned up a few links a few weeks back which imply it's feasible...
Thanks for the link.
This lead me to http://syslinux.zytor.com/ris.php which explained what we needed to do.
Here's a quick summary of actions to add Centos PXE installs to an existing windoze ris server.
Create the following folder structure on RIS Server:
RemoteInstall\Setup\English\Tools\PXELinux\i386\templates\ RemoteInstall\Setup\English\Tools\PXELinux\i386\templates\pxelinux.cfg\
From the Centos images directory, extract contents of 'diskboot.img'
into the templates folder.
Rename 'syslinux.cfg' to 'default' and move to ..\templates\pxelinux.cfg\ (edit the default file to include your site configuration/ks file)
Copy /usr/lib/syslinux/pxelinux.0 from Centos 4.2 and move to ..\templates\
Create 'pxelinux.sif' in ..\templates\
Example 'pxelinux.sif' below: ----------- [OSChooser] Description="Linux Install - Centos 4" Help="Automatically installs Centos 4." LaunchFile = "Setup\English\Tools\PXELinux\i386\templates\pxelinux.0" ImageType =Flat Version="5.2 (0)"
Restart ris.
The Centos install option will be in the "Maintenance and Trouble Shooting" menu as default.
Dean