Using PXES Config

[adamyoung]

We're trying to create an image with PXES config to put on the hard drive of some older hardware.

 

Live CD works like a dream, just got a bit stuck following http://pxes.sourceforge.net/howtos/syslinuxhdboothowto.html

 

Talks about renaming two files i cant find then splitting the disks using X 3.3.6

 

Anyone done this?

[CyberNerd]

I not used PXES.

To boot our non-PXE NICs we use an etherboot image on a hard drive or ide flash rom. This gives the NIC PXE capability and allows it to boot from tftp. tftp location is specified in DHCP.

 

download a HDD image rom for the nic

http://rom-o-matic.net/5.4.2/

then

 cat eb-5.4.2-yournic.zdsk > /dev/hdX 

 

where hdX is the hard drive you want to image.

(they also do floppy images and cd .iso's)

[Geoff]

There's also Ric's Bootdisk which works great here for me.

 

 

http://www.edugeek.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=18269#18269