Installing portmap, Configuring the tftp service – Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V40z User Manual
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Appendix A
Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation
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Installing Portmap
Complete the following steps on your DHCP server.
1. Determine whether the portmap server package is already installed on the server
by typing the following command:
# rpm -qa | grep portmap
2. If portmap is not listed, insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD 2 and type the
following commands to install the package from the CD:
# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
# rpm -Uvh /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/portmap-
*
.rpm
3. Remove CD 2 from the server after you type the following command:
# umount /dev/cdrom
Configuring the TFTP Service
Complete the following steps on your DHCP server.
1. Determine whether the TFTP server package is already installed on the server by
typing the following command:
# rpm -qa | grep tftp-server
2. If the TFTP server package is not listed, insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD 1
and type the following commands to install the package from the CD:
# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
# rpm -Uvh /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/tftp-server-
*
.rpm
3. Remove the CD from the server after you type the following command:
# umount /dev/cdrom
4. Edit and save the
/etc/xinetd.d/tftp
file to make the following changes:
a. Change the
-s /tftpboot
entry to
-s /home/pxeboot
.
b. Change the disable attribute to
no
.
5. Restart the
xinetd
service by typing the following command:
# service xinetd restart