3.2.1. Command Line Configuration
If the network server is not running X, the pxeos command line utility, which is part of the system-config-netboot package, can be used to configure the tftp server files :
pxeos -a -i "<description>" -p <NFS|HTTP|FTP> -D 0 -s client.example.com \ -L <net-location> -k <kernel> -K <kickstart><os-identifer>
The following list explains the options:
-a — Specifies that an OS instance is being added to the PXE configuration.
-i "<description>" — Replace "<description>" with a description of the OS instance. This corresponds to the Description field in Figure 3.1, “Network Installation Setup”.
-p <NFS|HTTP|FTP> — Specify which of the NFS, FTP, or HTTP protocols to use for installation. Only one may be specified. This corresponds to the Select protocol for installation menu in Figure 3.1, “Network Installation Setup”.
-D <0|1> — Specify "0" which indicates that it is not a diskless configuration since pxeos can be used to configure a diskless environment as well.
-sclient.example.com — Provide the name of the NFS, FTP, or HTTP server after the -s option. This corresponds to the Server field in Figure 3.1, “Network Installation Setup”.
-L<net-location> — Provide the location of the installation tree on that server after the -L option. This corresponds to the Location field in Figure 3.1, “Network Installation Setup”.
-k<kernel> — Provide the specific kernel version of the server installation tree for booting.
-K<kickstart> — Provide the location of the kickstart file, if available.
<os-identifer> — Specify the OS identifier, which is used as the directory name in the /tftpboot/linux-install/ directory. This corresponds to the Operating system identifier field in Figure 3.1, “Network Installation Setup”.
If FTP is selected as the installation protocol and anonymous login is not available, specify a username and password for login, with the following options before <os-identifer> in the previous command:
-A 0 -u <username> -p <password>
For more information on command line options available for the pxeos command, refer to the pxeos man page.