Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V40z User Manual

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Appendix A

Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation

Where:

■

n.n.n.n is the IP address of your PXE server.

■

boot-prompt-string is the character string displayed during a network boot that
prompts the user to press the F8 key for a boot menu.

■

timeout is the number of seconds the prompt is displayed before the server
defaults to the first service for booting.

■

service-number is an integer in the range of 1 to 254 that identifies the boot
service.

■

boot-server is the IP address of the boot server for that boot service.

■

boot-file is the name of the boot file that is read from your

/home/pxeboot

directory.

■

label is the text string that is displayed when the boot menu is invoked by
pressing the F8 key.

For example:

ip_addr=192.168.0.1

prompt=Press [F8] for menu...

prompt_timeout=10

service=1,192.168.0.1,pxelinux.0,Linux

service=2,192.169.0.1,nbp.unknown,Solaris

Note –

Refer to the

neopxe.conf

man page for more information.

6. Start the neopxe daemon by running the following command:

# /usr/local/sbin/neopxe