Installing and configuring the, Neopxe – Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V40z User Manual

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Sun Fire V20z and Stinger4 Servers Linux Operating System Installation Guide • May, 2004

Installing and Configuring the

neopxe

Boot

Server Daemon

Complete the following steps on your DHCP server. The

neopxe

server is designed

for use with a DHCP server that is running on the same system.

1. If a compiler is not installed on the server, use yast to install

gcc

with the

following commands:

# yast -i gcc

# yast -i make

2. Type the following commands to install the

neopxe

boot server daemon on your

system that is your DHCP server:

# cd /tmp/

version

-pxefiles/neopxe-0.2.0

# ./configure

# make

# make install

Where version is

sles8

for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 and

suse9

for SUSE

Linux Professional 9.0 software.

3. Append the path

/usr/local/sbin/neopxe

to the

rc.local

file by typing the

following command, making sure to use two greater-than signs:

# echo

/usr/local/sbin/neopxe

>> /etc/rc.d/boot.local

4. Copy the PXE Linux image from the

/tmp/

directory by typing the following

commands:

# mkdir /home/pxeboot

# cp /tmp/

version

-pxefiles/pxelinux.0 /home/pxeboot

Where version is

sles8

for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 and

suse9

for SUSE

Linux Professional 9.0 software.

5. Configure the PXE Linux image by typing the following commands:

# mkdir /home/pxeboot/pxelinux.cfg/

# touch /home/pxeboot/pxelinux.cfg/default