Booting with TFTP

[David Bandel]

On 12/27/05, jess_lyn (sent by Nabble.com) <lists at nabble.com> wrote:
>  hi everyone.......
>
>
>    can anyone help me with configuring the tftp server in redhat 9. i 'm
> using tftp version 0.32-4. i have to boot a kernel named as linux to a
> specific target and its IP address is given. please help!!!
>

You need a couple of things:
1.  a dhcp/bootp server (ISC dhcpd3 is a good bet)
     if you want a static IP, follow the examples for a host stanza

you also need to have a:
     next-server
line to tell the system where to look for its OS and a
     file
line to tell it what to load.

2.  There are a few requirements on the tftp side (like where in
/tftpboot to keep the kernel image, etc.).

3.  You'll need to mount a filesystem from somewhere, that could be
local or via NFS.

There are some how-to s on the net that should help, just depends on
what exactly you want to do (the boot part itself is fairly
straigh-forward, it's the filesystem stuff that can get frustrating).

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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