3–Multi-boot Agent (MBA) Driver Software
Setting Up MBA in a Server Environment
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Setting Up the BIOS
To boot from the network with the MBA, make the MBA enabled adapter the first
bootable device under the BIOS. This procedure depends on the system BIOS
implementation. Refer to the user manual for the system for instructions.
Setting Up MBA in a Server Environment
Red Hat Linux PXE Server
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution has PXE Server support. It allows users
to remotely perform a complete Linux installation over the network. The
distribution comes with the boot images
boot kernel
(vmlinuz) and
initial ram disk
(initrd), which are located on the Red Hat disk#1:
/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
/images/pxeboot/initrd.img
Refer to the Red Hat documentation for instructions on how to install PXE Server
on Linux.
The
Initrd.img
file distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, however, does
not have a Linux network driver for the QLogic 8400/3400 Series adapters. This
version requires a driver disk for drivers that are not part of the standard
distribution. You can create a driver disk for the QLogic 8400/3400 Series
adapters from the image distributed with the installation CD. Refer to the Linux
Readme.txt
file for more information.
MS-DOS UNDI/Intel APITEST
To boot in MS-DOS mode and connect to a network for the MS-DOS environment,
download the Intel PXE PDK from the Intel website. This PXE PDK comes with a
TFTP/ProxyDHCP/Boot server. The PXE PDK can be downloaded from Intel at
.
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