Fedora - setting up PXE boot to install Fedora via the network
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Updated: 5/25/2010

The following instructions are for Fedora 9.

yum install dhcp syslinux tftp-server memtest86+
mkdir /var/lib/tftpboot/f9
cp -rp /data/kick/f9/os/isolinux /var/lib/tftpboot/f9
cp /etc/dhcpd.conf /etc/dhcpd.conf-original
cp /usr/share/doc/dhcp*/dhcpd.conf.sample /etc/dhcpd.conf
# edit /etc/dhcpd.conf file (see example below)
vi /etc/dhcpd.conf
service dhcpd restart
service xinetd restart
chkconfig tftp on
service httpd restart
chkconfig httpd on
ln -s /data/kick/f9 /var/www/html
cp /usr/lib/syslinux/pxelinux.0 /var/lib/tftpboot
cp /boot/memtest86+-2.01 /var/lib/tftpboot
cp /usr/lib/syslinux/menu.c32 /var/lib/tftpboot
mkdir -m755 /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg
# edit /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default file (see example below)
vi /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default

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# Example /etc/dhcpd.conf file:
# /etc/dhcpd.conf START
ddns-update-style none;
ignore client-updates;
subnet 10.1.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
 default-lease-time 21600;
 max-lease-time 43200;
 group {
  allow booting;
  allow bootp;
  next-server kick;
  filename "pxelinux.0";
  use-host-decl-names on;
  host hostname1 { hardware ethernet 00:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF; fixed-address 10.1.1.2; }
 }
}
# /etc/dhcpd.conf END
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# Example /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default file:
# /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default START
default menu.c32
prompt 0
menu title PXE Boot Menu from tftp server (kickIP:/f9/os)

label Memtest
 menu label ^Memtest - Memory test
 kernel memtest86+-2.01

label Rescue
 menu label ^Rescue - Fedora 9 rescue
 kernel f9/isolinux/vmlinuz
 append rescue load_ramdisk=1 nofb initrd=f9/isolinux/initrd.img method=http://10.1.1.10/f9

label ManualFedora9
 menu label ^Install - Fedora 9 install
 kernel f9/isolinux/vmlinuz
 append load_ramdisk=1 nofb initrd=f9/isolinux/initrd.img

#label kick_fedora9
# menu label Kickstart - Fedora 9
# kernel f9/isolinux/vmlinuz
# append ksdevice=eth0 load_ramdisk=1 nofb network ks=http://10.1.1.10/ks.cfg initrd=f9/isolinux/initrd.img
# /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default END
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