Install a PXE boot server on 11.1

This document shows quick and dirty how to install a working PXE boot server on OpenSuse 10.3

We start of course with a working server with a static IP address and a working DHCP server. If you haven't got one already, please make sure that you get this working before you continue!

Then goto Yast and

• select Network Services
• TFTP Server,
• click enable and point to /tftpboot
• open port in FireWall
• possibly create the /tftpboot dir
• and then Quit.

then:

• goto Yast and install the Syslinux package
• (as root) #mkdir -p /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg
• copy the file /usr/share/syslinux/pxelinux.0 to /tftpboot
• create the file /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default with the following content:

default linux
prompt 1
timeout 30
label linux
kernel linux
append initrd=initrd splash=silent
showopts

• put 2 files initrd and linux (from the /boot directory on the CD/DVD) in the /tftpboot dir

That should do the trick!