how to assign boot file for DHCP server

[Mike Burger]

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Manuel Aróstegui Ramirez wrote:

>  --- myothello myothello <myothello2 at yahoo.com>
> escribió: > I had setup a DHCP server successfully.  I
> can use a
> > PXE network card at client to get the IP address. 
> > But
> > it cannot get the file to boot.  I created a netboot
> > file called bootImage using mknbi-dos, not sure can
> > be
> > use. And where can I store it such that client can
> > pick it up.  And where can I set the path for the
> > client to pick it up from the server?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> 
> Each Linux client must have in
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 a line like:
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> 
> And in their boot they will know that they must
> connect their dhcp server and get their private IP.

He doesn't just want an IP...he wants to boot the system from a network 
stored OS image.

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