The command line for PBOOT.EXE is as follows:
Usage: pboot [/nologo]
options:
/nologo - to suppress the display of the large Pre-OS banner
For both TCP/IP and NetWare environments, refer to
Sample Pre-OS
frameworks
in this chapter.
Defining NetWare Boot Image Content
For NetWare environments, you should use 16-bit NetWare clients in Pre-OS
environments.
Defining TCP/IP or PXE Boot Image Content
For PCs booting from NT Server, we recommend that you use the Microsoft
Network Client Version 3.0 for MS-DOS configured for TCP/IP support. Other
DOS-based clients could be built using NFS servers and DOS client software
that usually consists of TCP/IP-based TSRs and packet drivers.
Creating TCP/IP or PXE Pre-OS Boot
Images
Once you have prepared a Pre-OS diskette, use Boot Image Editor to take a
snapshot of the diskette and create a Pre-OS boot image.
To specify a Pre-OS image, use the Boot Image Editor Pre-OS option. See the
Introduction section of the Boot Image Editor online help for details.
Place Pre-OS executables or agents not present within the Pre-OS image file into a
network directory that is accessible to the guest username during the Pre-OS
phase.
On the server, you must have either DHCP or BOOTP enabled, and also TFTP
(Trivial File Transfer Protocol).
If you are using DHCP, you must configure DHCP option 67 (Bootfile Name) to
provide the image file name to MBA. If you are using DHCP in a PXE environment,
you can use a BINL service to provide the boot image file name. Refer to the
documentation for your DHCP or BINL server.
Creating NetWare Pre-OS Boot Images
Once you have prepared a Pre-OS bootable diskette, use Boot Image Editor to
take a snapshot of the diskette and create a Pre-OS boot image on the server’s
hard disk. To specify a Pre-OS image, use the Boot Image Editor Pre-OS option.
See the Introduction section of the Boot Image Editor online help for details.
Unless you've named your boot image file NET$DOS.SYS, the default NetWare
boot image file name, you need to edit BOOTCONF.SYS to map a specific PC
address to a given boot image file. Follow instructions provided in Chapter 8
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