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Stocking the TFTP server with Linux boot images

If you are provisioning Linux operating systems, you must stock the boot image files before you can start provisioning.

Note

Provisioning is supported for the following Linux versions:

  • Red Hat 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, and ESX
  • SUSE 9.x, 9.x AMD 64, 10.x, and 11.x

To stock the TFTP Server with Linux boot images

To set up boot image files for Linux platforms, perform the following steps:

  1. In the the tftproot/X86PC/pxelinux directory of the TFTP server, create a new sub-directory to store the boot image files. Name this sub-directory os-arch; for example, rhas3-i386 or sles-11-i386.
  2. Copy the following files into the new sub-directory that you created in the previous step:
    • For Red Hat: initrd.img and vmlinuz files from the images/pxeboot directory on disk 1 of the Red Hat installation media
    • For SuSE: initrd and linux files from the boot/loader directory on CD1 of the SUSE installation media
  3. When you configure the associated system package type (as described in Configuring-provisioning), specify the new file names for the Boot image file name and Boot kernel file name options, relative to the pxelinux directory.
     For example:
    • For Red Hat, rhas3-i386/initrd.img and rhas3-i386/vmlinuz
    • For SuSE, sles-11-i386/initrd and sles-11-i386/linux

 

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