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(quick and dirty PXE on ICS howto)
 
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* The installserver is ics.lsdf.kit.edu .
* The installserver is ics.lsdf.kit.edu .
* login to issuing the command '''ssh -CXYl root ics.lsdf.kit.edu''', ask Ursula Epting if needed!
* login to issuing the command '''ssh -CXYl root ics.lsdf.kit.edu''', ask Ursula Epting if needed!
* DHCP server is configured appropriately (no intervention needed).
* DHCP server is configured appropriately (no intervention needed). Check '''/etc/dhcp/leases-lsdf.conf''' whether Your MAC is in the table!
* Look into '''/var/log/syslog''' on ics.lsdf.kit.edu for the occurence of DHCP requests. Make network reconfigured, if requests do not ''come through''!
* Go to directory '''cd /srv/tftp/pxelinux.cfg''' .
* Go to directory '''cd /srv/tftp/pxelinux.cfg''' .
* Check whether MAC of installation interface is coded als link to directory lsdf, pointing to link with appropriate machine name. Add it if needed.
* Check whether the '''sedecimal coded IP address''' of the installation interface is coded als link to directory lsdf, pointing to link with appropriate machine name. Add it if needed.
* Check whether link in directory '''/srv/tftp/pxelinux.cfg/lsdf''' is link to appropriate image description in '''/srv/tftp/pxelinux.cfg''' . Take existing specimens as example.
* Check whether link in directory '''/srv/tftp/pxelinux.cfg/lsdf''' is link to appropriate image description in '''/srv/tftp/pxelinux.cfg''' . Take existing specimens as example.
* Go to directory '''/srv/tftp/scilinux''' .
* Go to directory '''/srv/tftp/scilinux''' .
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* Boot install and be happy!
* Boot install and be happy!
* Check file access rights cautiously!
* Check file access rights cautiously!
* Inactive components are renamed, that the PXE program cannot address them. The content remains unchanged. You can simply copy or rename them to get them active.
* '''Attention!''' The URL '''http://savannah.fzk.de''' is not valid any more, use '''/srv/www/repositories/kit/lsdf''' as base instead and place the directory there.

Latest revision as of 15:20, 12 February 2015

  • The installserver is ics.lsdf.kit.edu .
  • login to issuing the command ssh -CXYl root ics.lsdf.kit.edu, ask Ursula Epting if needed!
  • DHCP server is configured appropriately (no intervention needed). Check /etc/dhcp/leases-lsdf.conf whether Your MAC is in the table!
  • Look into /var/log/syslog on ics.lsdf.kit.edu for the occurence of DHCP requests. Make network reconfigured, if requests do not come through!
  • Go to directory cd /srv/tftp/pxelinux.cfg .
  • Check whether the sedecimal coded IP address of the installation interface is coded als link to directory lsdf, pointing to link with appropriate machine name. Add it if needed.
  • Check whether link in directory /srv/tftp/pxelinux.cfg/lsdf is link to appropriate image description in /srv/tftp/pxelinux.cfg . Take existing specimens as example.
  • Go to directory /srv/tftp/scilinux .
  • Check whether image and initrd for network installation exist. Copy from origininal installation media (CD or WWW or elsewhere) appropriate for network installation.
  • Go to directory /srv/www/scilinux .
  • Put appropriate Kickstart file into that directory. Take existing specimens as example.
  • Boot install and be happy!
  • Check file access rights cautiously!
  • Inactive components are renamed, that the PXE program cannot address them. The content remains unchanged. You can simply copy or rename them to get them active.
  • Attention! The URL http://savannah.fzk.de is not valid any more, use /srv/www/repositories/kit/lsdf as base instead and place the directory there.
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