On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 19:35 +0000, tony.chamberlain at lemko.com wrote: > Not sure if there is a DHCPD/PXE forum so I will ask here. > > I have been trying to get netboot to work (i.e. a machine with nothing on it > but a NIC card, no linux, no operating system, whatever) boots up and receives > a file from a dhcp server. This dhcp server gives it all the Linux stuff > it needs so a full install can be done over the network. > > I actually got this working by turning my desktop into a DHCP server and > placing the Linux images. My problem? Now everyone, especially with windows > machines, is complaining that their machine keeps telling them "unknown > network" and "no internet connection". Oops, my DHCP server was intercepting > all the other DHCP requests normally for our actual router (192.168.5.1). > > I can get around this by unplugging my machine from the LAN and just having > it on a very small network with only two IPS (my desktop DHCP server and > the machine doing the boot). However, I would rather stay connected to the > LAN especially if I have to go out over it to get an install package (like > DDD). > > Can I somehow tell my desktop only to handle PXE requests and anything > else should go to 192.168.5.1? > > Couple minor questions but I can save time asking here too: > > I can't figure out the correct "option" or keyword to assign host name > via DHCP. > > Is there a way I can have a user choose whether to install 4.5 or 5.4 > (CentOS) via boot? I put multiple choices into the C0 file but it ignored > all but one. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos I put a line in my dhcpd.conf file something like the following; host rhel5ppc2.olysteel.com {fixed-address 192.168.0.53; hardware ethernet ca:10:e0:00:40:03; next-server 192.168.1.137; filename "ppc64.img"; update-static-leases on;} You have to know the mac of the PXE client nic. Maybe you shouldn't have a pool in your config file either or a different pool of maybe 1 address for the nic you want to PXE boot.