* yum install tftp-server
* vi /etc/xinetd.d/tftp and change disable to 'no' and check root path for tftp server
disable = no server_args = -s /tftpboot
* restart xinetd
service xinetd restart
* Install syslinux
yum install syslinux
* Copy needed files from syslinux to the tftpboot directory
cp /usr/share/syslinux/pxelinux.0 /tftpboot cp /usr/share/syslinux/menu.c32 /tftpboot cp /usr/share/syslinux/memdisk /tftpboot cp /usr/share/syslinux/mboot.c32 /tftpboot cp /usr/share/syslinux/chain.c32 /tftpboot
* Create the directory for your PXE menus
mkdir /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg
* Create a base directory for images. Create directories for each CentOS release you are supporting.
mkdir -p /tftpboot/images/centos/x86_64/5.0 mkdir -p /tftpboot/images/centos/x86_64/5.1 mkdir -p /tftpboot/images/vsphere/esxi5
* For each "Release" and "ARCH" Copy vmlinuz and initrd.img from /images/pxeboot/ directory on "disc 1" of that $Release/$ARCH to /tftpboot/images/centos/$ARCH/$RELEASE
* Add this to your existing or new /etc/dhcpd.conf.
Note: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of your PXE server
allow booting; allow bootp; option option-128 code 128 = string; option option-129 code 129 = text; next-server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx; filename "/pxelinux.0";
* Restart DHCP server
service dhcpd restart
* vi /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
default menu.c32 #default CentOS 5.6 x86 prompt 0 timeout 100 ONTIMEOUT local MENU TITLE RICT Consultancy PXE Menu LABEL CentOS 5.6 x86 MENU LABEL CentOS 5.6 x86 KickStart KERNEL images/centos/i386/5.6/vmlinuz APPEND initrd=images/centos/i386/5.6/initrd.img ramdisk_size=300000 ks=http://10.0.2.14:8080/Centos_5.6/cd1/ks.cfg ksdevice=eth0 LABEL CentOS 5.6 x86 Manual eth0 MENU LABEL CentOS 5.6 x86 Manual eth0 KERNEL images/centos/i386/5.6/vmlinuz APPEND initrd=images/centos/i386/5.6/initrd.img ramdisk_size=300000 napic acpi=off ksdevice=eth0 LABEL ESXi 4.1 KickStart menu label ESXi 4.1 KickStart kernel mboot.c32 append images/vmware/esxi/4.1/vmkboot.gz ks=http://10.0.2.14:8080/vSphere/ESXi_4.1/ks.cfg --- images/vmware/esxi/4.1/vmkernel.gz --- images/vmware/esxi/4.1/sys.vgz --- images/vmware/esxi/4.1/cim.vgz --- images/vmware/esxi/4.1/ienviron.vgz --- images/vmware/esxi/4.1/install.vgz label ESXi 4.0u1 KickStart menu label ESXi 4.0u1 KickStart kernel mboot.c32 append images/vmware/esxi/4.0u1/vmkboot.gz ks=http://10.0.2.14:8080/vSphere/ESXi_4.0u1/ks.cfg --- images/vmware/esxi/4.0u1/vmkernel.gz --- images/vmware/esxi/4.0u1/sys.vgz --- images/vmware/esxi/4.0u1/cim.vgz --- images/vmware/esxi/4.0u1/ienviron.tgz --- images/vmware/esxi/4.0u1/install.tgz
* Copy files from the first linux CD and the ESX 4.1 ISO to a webserver
* For ESXi copy the following files to your TFTP directory, in this case for 4.1 /tftproot/images/vmware/esxi/4.1 :
cim.vgz ienviron.vgz install.vgz sys.vgz vmkboot.gz vmkernel.gz
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