Hi Michael, > Hi, folks. In SL 4.x there is a package: > > system-config-netboot > > that contains, among other things, the pxelinux stuff: > > /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.0 > /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg > etc. > > This seems to be missing in both SL 5.0 and TUV 5.0, so far as I can > tell. Is the pxelinux stuff now packaged elsewhere? Thanks.
It's a good point you raise as I myself as migrating the pxe boot setup from SL4.5 to SL5 currently, and have just run into this obstacle. Here: http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhelv5-list/2007-April/msg00123.html seems to suggest that TUV couldn't include it in el5, but also that installing the FC6 package: http://ftp.univie.ac.at/systems/linux/fedora/core/6/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/system-config-netboot-0.1.41-1.FC6.noarch.rpm will work, or even recompiling the el4 package: http://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/system-config-netboot-0.1.40-1_EL4.src.rpm as a workaround. Well, I've tried the first way on SL5: # rpm -Uvh http://ftp.univie.ac.at/systems/linux/fedora/core/6/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/system-config-netboot-0.1.41-1.FC6.noarch.rpm Retrieving http://ftp.univie.ac.at/systems/linux/fedora/core/6/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/system-config-netboot-0.1.41-1.FC6.noarch.rpm warning: /var/tmp/rpm-xfer.1tCEzJ: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 4f2a6fd2 Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:system-config-netboot ########################################### [100%] and: # rpm -ql system-config-netboot /etc/pam.d/system-config-netboot /etc/security/console.apps/system-config-netboot /tftpboot/linux-install/msgs /tftpboot/linux-install/msgs/boot.msg /tftpboot/linux-install/msgs/expert.msg /tftpboot/linux-install/msgs/general.msg /tftpboot/linux-install/msgs/param.msg /tftpboot/linux-install/msgs/rescue.msg /tftpboot/linux-install/msgs/snake.msg /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.0 /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg 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importantly: # rpm -ql system-config-netboot|grep linux-install /tftpboot/linux-install/msgs /tftpboot/linux-install/msgs/boot.msg /tftpboot/linux-install/msgs/expert.msg /tftpboot/linux-install/msgs/general.msg /tftpboot/linux-install/msgs/param.msg /tftpboot/linux-install/msgs/rescue.msg /tftpboot/linux-install/msgs/snake.msg /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.0 /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg I was then able to see it in the "KDE -> System -> Network Booting Service" and was able to successfully run it using system-config-netboot. If/when TUV eventually releases the system-config-netboot package for SL5, I'd suggest just removing the FC6 RPM and installing the SL5 one. Regards, Michael. > -- > Michael Hannon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dept. of Physics 530.752.4966 > University of California 530.752.4717 FAX > Davis, CA 95616-8677 ------- End of Original Message -------