si_mkbootserver(8)

NAME

si_mkbootserver - Configure a server so that other ma

chines can boot from it over the network.

SYNOPSIS

si_mkbootserver   [  -f  ]  [  --interface=INTERFACE  ]  [
--localdhcp=[y|n]  ]  [  --kernel=PATH  ]  [  --initrd=PATH  ]  [
--tftpdir=PATH ] [ --pxelinux=PATH ]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the si_mkbootserver

command.

si_mkbootserver is a tool that assists in configuring a

network boot server (currently just PXE servers). It runs in

both interactive and non-interactive modes.

OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

-f Turn off interactive mode. All other options must

be specified for this to work.

--interface=INTERFACE

The interface the PXE daemon will listen on.

--localdhcp=[y|n]

This specifies whether or not the DHCP server will

run locally or on another machine.

--kernel=PATH

The full path to the kernel that clients should

boot.

--initrd=PATH

The full path to the initial ramdisk that clients

should use.

--tftpdir=PATH

The full path to the directory from which the tftp

server will serve files.

--pxelinux=PATH

The full path to the pxelinux bootloader. This is

a part of the syslinux package.

SEE ALSO

si_mkdhcpserver(8), si_mkdhcpstatic(8)

More details can be found in the SystemImager manual.

AUTHOR

This manual page was compiled by dann <<dannf@debian.org>>

for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

06 March 2007

SI_MKBOOTSERVER(8)