[CentOS] emergency! linux kickstart pxe boot needed

>Is PXE kickstart easy to set up?  I have a laptop here with DHCP
>already going.   I google and a bunch of stuff comes up but it does
>not look simple.

Sure, http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.4/html/Installation_Guide/ch-pxe.html

Also, if you have an OS on the server, you can tweak grub to boot into
install and pull from a url instead of disc, and look for a ks file as
well.

jlc