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: cobbler-boun...@lists.fedorahosted.org [mailto:cobbler-boun...@lists.fedorahosted.org] On Behalf Of Alan McKay Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 4:07 PM To: cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org 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. *******************************************************
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