Set up the directory structure that will hold the Red Hat Enterprise Linux software.
#
mkdir -p /home/pxeboot/rhel4/
Note –
The examples in this procedure use
/home/pxeboot/rhel4/
. You can use a different
target directory if you choose. For example, you could use
/home/pxeboot/rhel5/
. If you used
a different directory name, substitute it where appropriate.
For each Red Hat Enterprise Linux Distribution CD, type the following commands to copy the
contents of the each distribution CD to the appropriate PXE target subdirectory.
Note –
Eject and insert CDs only when the CD/DVD drive is unmounted.
#
mount dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
#
cp -r /mnt/cdrom/* /home/pxeboot/rhel4/
#
umount /mnt/cdrom
If you are installing from a DVD, you have to do this only once. When the copy is done, proceed
to the next step.
Copy the
vmlinuz
and
initrd.img
files to the appropriate PXE target subdirectory
(
/home/pxeboot/rhel4/
).
#
cp /home/pxeboot/rhel4/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz /home/pxeboot/rhel4/
#
cp /home/pxeboot/rhel4/images/pxeboot/initrd.img /home/pxeboot/rhel4/
Copy the kickstart file
ks.cfg
to your PXE server. Type:
#
cp /tmp/rhel4u3-pxefile/ks.cfg /home/pxeboot/rhel4/
The kickstart configuration file contains a configuration that might not be optimal for your
operating environment. Modify the file as necessary to suit your environment.
For example, to make the RHEL 5.3 installation process fully automatic, add the following line
to the end of the kickstart configuration file:
key --skip
On your PXE server, edit and save the kickstart file:
/home/pxeboot/rhel4/ks.cfg.
Edit the
nfs
line is as follows:
nfs --server
n.n.n.n
--dir /home/pxeboot/rhel4/
where
n.n.n.n
is the IP address of your PXE server. Ensure that the location indicated after
--dir
is pointing to the top level of your image.
Add the following entry to the file
/home/pxeboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
:
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