Quality/QA-tools/PXEInstall

Revision as of 05:42, 14 September 2010

• Make sure the package for TFTP server is installed.

• Prepare the directory and PXE boot loader for TFTP server

 [root@meego-global ~]#mkdir /tftpboot/
 [root@meego-global ~]#mkdir / tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg
 [root@meego-global ~]#cp /usr/lib/syslinux/pxelinux.0   /tftpboot

• Configure tftp service through xinet

Edit /etc/xinetd.d/tftp as below

 service tftp
 {
       disable = no     #enable the tftp server
       socket_type             = dgram
       protocol                = udp
       wait                    = yes
       user                    = root
       server                  = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
       server_args             = -s /tftpboot     #set the tftp root dir is /tftpboot
       per_source              = 11
       cps                     = 100 2
       flags                   = IPv4
 }

• Enable auto start the tftp server when next time system reboot

 [root@meego-global ~]# ntsysv

• Install PXE kernel and initrd