BTW, if you update the Wiki, update the one on github.com/cobbler/cobbler … the Fedora hosted one is discontinued.
-- Michael On Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Mann, Owen wrote: > > PXE is just DHCP & TFTP set up a certain way, as far as the server side. The > PXE bootloader and MEMDISK are part of the SYSLINUX package. Create an image > object in Cobbler, select the "memdisk" image type, and enter the full path > of the "suppl_tau/boot.img" file in the "file" box. > > > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan McKay > Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 4:07 PM > To: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > Subject: PXE boot a (DOS) Live CD > > > > > > Hey folks, > > First let me say I really like cobbler so far! Just stumbled upon it today > and it was pretty easy to set up. > > Except for this. > > I already found this page : > https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/HowToPxeAnyLiveCd > > But it seems to be very specific in dealing with Linux Live CDs, not any old > live CD as the name suggests. > > My scenario is that I have a live CD from Oracle/Sun for doing emergency > troubleshooting on Sunfire X2250 servers. It is a DOS-based live CD. Oracle > actually gives instructions here on how to make it PXE bootable with a Red > Hat PXE server, but clearly they are not talking about cobbler, and the > instructions are a bit incomplete at least for a guy like me with no PXE > experience whatsoever. > > http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19121-01/sf.x2250/820-4593-12/AppB.html#50540564_72480 > > I even went looking for a PXE server on RHEL 5.3 (via yum search) and could > not find much of anything so not sure what Red Hat PXE server they are > talking about. > > Anyway, I could REALLY used some help in getting this live CD going with > Cobbler. > > Anyone able to help me out? I promise to add the instructions to the wiki if > you want. > > Oh, if I take the ISO from Oracle/Sun and mount it loopback on my Linux box, > here is what the contents look like if that helps > > [root@solexa-db SF2250]# ls -al !$ > ls -al /mnt/tnt/ > total 80261 > dr-xr-xr-x 9 root root 2048 Feb 22 2011 . > drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 Dec 6 11:42 .. > dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 2048 Feb 22 2011 autorun > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 245 Feb 22 2011 autorun.inf > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 2048 Feb 22 2011 boot.catalog > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 82147328 Feb 22 2011 boot.img > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 3370 Feb 22 2011 Copyright > dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root 2048 Feb 22 2011 drivers > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 4050 Feb 22 2011 FR_Copyright > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Feb 22 2011 legal_notices > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 168 Feb 22 2011 README.1ST > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 4587 Feb 22 2011 README.TXT > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Feb 22 2011 recovery > dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 2048 Feb 22 2011 remoteflash > dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 2048 Feb 22 2011 SNMP > dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 2048 Feb 22 2011 utilities > > > thanks, > -Alan > > -- > “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” > - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food" > > > > > ******************************************************* > This message (including any files transmitted with it) may contain > confidential and/or proprietary information, is the property of Interactive > Data Corporation and/or its subsidiaries, and is directed only to the > addressee(s). If you are not the designated recipient or have reason to > believe you received this message in error, please delete this message from > your system and notify the sender immediately. An unintended recipient's > disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of this message or any attachments > is prohibited and may be unlawful. > ******************************************************* > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > >
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