HP BL10e Setting up a Linux PXE server and integrating clients - Page 7
Integrating the clients
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Integrating the clients The following examples explain how to get a Red Hat Linux 8.0 client setup and integrated into the PXE server. When using other Linux distributions, slight changes to the commands and scripts are required. 1. Populate the NFS server with Linux installation files using either of the following methods: Method 1: storing the Linux installation media as ISO images To use RHupdate with this method, place the updates.img file next to the ISO images. To perform an ISO image dump, use the following commands: Note It is not necessary to mount each CD after insertion. The dd command is not affected by the act of mounting the CD. mkdir -p /var/ftp/pub/rhl80 cd /var/ftp/pub/rhl80 insert CD #1 dd if=/dev/cdrom of=Psyche-i386-disc1-boxset.iso insert CD #2 dd if=/dev/cdrom of=Psyche-i386-disc2-boxset.iso insert CD #3 dd if=/dev/cdrom of=Psyche-i386-disc3-boxset.iso Method 2: unpacking the Linux installation media to a directory To use RHupdate with this method, place the updates.img file image in the RedHat/base/ directory. Alternatively, you may place the contents of the updates.img file image into the RedHat/RHupdates/ directory of the unpacked source media. Unpacking the source media will also allow for updated RPMs. Since Red Hat Linux 7.2 and Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 cannot use ISO images to perform installs, the contents of the CDs must be unpacked to a directory on the server to enable the automated installs described in this document. To unpack the base media to a directory, choose one of the following options: Option 1: dumping from ISO images mkdir -p /var/ftp/pub/rhl72/i386 cd /var/ftp/pub/rhl72 for X in enigma-i386-disc1.iso enigma-i386-disc2.iso; do mkdir $X.dir; mount $X $X.dir -o loop; (cd $X.dir && tar -cf - .)|(cd i386 && tar -xvf -); umount $X.dir; rmdir $X.dir; done 7