Will McDonald wrote: > On 01/02/06, Plant, Dean <dean.plant at 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... > > http://syslinux.zytor.com/pxe.php > 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