CONFIGURING PXE BOOT SERVER FOR INSTALLING LINUX WITHOUT CD OR OTHER MEDIA

FOR INSTALLING LINUX WITHOUT ANY CD OR OTHER MEDIA WE HAVE TO SETUP A PXE SERVER.PXE STANDS FOR PREBOOT EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO BOOT DIRECTLY FROM YOUR PXE SERVER AND ACCESS THE DATA FROM PXE SERVER FOR FURTHER INSTALLATION.YOU CAN ALSO USE KICKSTART TO FILE TO INSTALL FOR FULLY AUTOMATED INSTALLATION.


REQUIREMENTS

1) CENTOS SERVER (CAN BE RHEL OR OTHER DISTRO)
2)CLIENT WITH A NIC SUPPORTS PXE

STEPS OF PXE SERVER INSTALLATION

1) INSTALLING PACKAGES REQUIRED FOR PXE SERVER
2)CONFIGURING DHCP SERVER FOR PXE SERVER
3) TFTP CONFIGURATION FOR PXE
4)VSFTP CONFIGURATION FOR PXE SERVER
5)PXE SERVER CONFIGURATION

PLEASE FOLLOW THE STEPS IN THE VIDEO FOR FURTHER REFERENCE

SERVER CONFIGURATION

CLIENT SIDE CONFIGURATION
THANKS IF ANY DOUBTS KEEP YOUR COMMENTS
12:54Anuroop Melarayil

Related Posts:

  • USER MANAGEMENT BASICS HERE I AM INTRODUCING SOME USER COMMAND AND THEIR USE IN OURDAILY USER ADMINISTRATION useradd - for adding users to your linux machine syntax : useradd -[option] [$username] the main options are as listed below… Read More
  • Configuring ISCSI initiator in Linux Internet Small Computer System Interface is a Storage Area Network (SAN) protocol,It is an Internet Protocol (IP)-based storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities. By carrying SCSI commands over IP ne… Read More
  • CONFIGURING PXE BOOT SERVER FOR INSTALLING LINUX WITHOUT CD OR OTHER MEDIAFOR INSTALLING LINUX WITHOUT ANY CD OR OTHER MEDIA WE HAVE TO SETUP A PXE SERVER.PXE STANDS FOR PREBOOT EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO BOOT DIRECTLY FROM YOUR PXE SERVER AND ACCESS THE DATA FROM PXE SERVER FOR FURT… Read More
  • SIMPLE INCREMENTAL BACKUP USING rsync COMMANDBackups  can be classified to two types.They are 1)Full backup The entire data will be backup will be taken every time 2)Incremental backup Incremental backup take the full backup at the first time ,from the second ti… Read More
  • ENABLE MINIMIZE AND MAXIMIZE IN FEDORA 17Step 1. install gnome-tweek-tool using yum yum install gnome-tweek-tool Step 2. Run gnome tweek tool Step 3. select shell tab Step 4. change the value " arrangement of buttons ontitle bar" from close only to all … Read More