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 > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > 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 It's out of date as I've not had 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 > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > iD8DBQFH/h66IXSX/6LmsXkRAusTAJ46JmTQ/hlZU9jTz3oE+Uj+iml/ZgCfXMlY > > > 3z719a1JbS3xlFt/r0g/V38= > > > =x88X > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > > > CentOS mailing list > > > CentOS at centos.org > > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- > ~/john > > OpenPGP Sig:BA91F079 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >