pxeboot

Langue: en

Version: 175041 (fedora - 06/07/09)

Section: 8 (Commandes administrateur)

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NAME

pxeboot - Network Booting Operating Systems Configuration Utility

SYNTAX

pxeboot [OPTION] [Hostname | IP Address | Subnet]

DESCRIPTION

This is a command line tool for configuring PXE boot files.

OPTIONS

-a, --add
add a new PXE Boot file.
-m, --modify
modify a PXE boot file
-d, --delete
delete a PXE boot file
-l, --list
list all PXE boot files
-s, --serial
Use serial console on client
-S, --snapshot <snapshotname>
Use alternate name for diskless snapshot directory
-e, --ethernet <ethernet device>
Use this ethernet device to mount diskless directories
-N, --nisdomain <nisdomain>
specify NIS domain to be used by the installation/diskless kernel
-K, --kickstart <kickstartfile>
specify the location of the kickstart file, this should be specified as a kernel parameter.
-r, --ramdisk <size>
specify the size of ramdisk to be used by the installation/diskless kernel
-O, --os <Operating System>
specify the operating system description as created with pxeos
-h, --help
show usage
Hostname | IP Address
specify the Hostname or IP Address/Subnet to be used for creation of the PXE boot file.

FILES

 /usr/sbin/pxeboot
 /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg/pxeos.xml
 /usr/share/system-config-netboot/*
 /tftpboot/linux-install/*

EXAMPLES

pxeboot -l
List all the pxeboot files
pxeboot -a -O RHEL-AS-Diskless -r 1000 10.0
Create a PXEBoot file which will boot a diskless Operating System for any host in the 10.0 subnet

LIMITATIONS

This utility configures PXE boot files to be used for network installations or diskless environments.

SEE ALSO

system-config-netboot(8) pxeos(8)

BUGS

AUTHORS

Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>