Re: Setting up a PXE Boot Server on Solaris 8
From: Benjamin Engst (benjamin.engst_at_erl11.siemens.de)
Date: 02/11/04
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Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 16:43:01 +0100
Oh no, sorry i asked not the right question.
Over again:
My Hardware:
- 1x SUN SPARC Workstation with Solaris 8
- 1x x86 PC with 3Com 3C905C-TX-M (PXE ready) and no operating system.
TARGET: Installing Windows 2000 Professional on the PC over network!!!
The installtion must be unattended -> no floppy disks, no mouse and
keyboard! Only the network.
Problem: HOW-TO mangage the pc, booting an Windows-compatible OS (like DOS).
I tried to specify an MS DOS 6.22 boot disk image and the 'Microsoft
Corporation.img' boot image (extracted with IsoBuster from the W2K Pro
CD)on my DHCP Server, but it failed.
Then i tried pxelinux...but that is quite difficult for me.
By the side, i think, pxelinux is not the right way.
Anyway, it has to be practicable!
Now i going to install Microsoft RIS Server and search for useful
information about getting my client booting.
Thanks a lot to all, that can help me.
Best regards
Benni
Thomas Nau wrote:
> Hi Benny.
>
> Benjamin Engst <benjamin.engst@erl11.siemens.de> wrote:
> | ich suche Informationsquellen zur Einrichtung von PXE Boot unter Solaris
> | 8. Soweit ich weiß, braucht man dazu einen DHCP- und TFTP-Server.
> | Darum die Frage: Kann man den hauseigenen DHCP Server von SUN verwenden,
> | und wenn ja, wie installier bzw. konfigurier ich ihn richtig um ihn im
> | Zusammenspiel mit dem TFTP Server als Bootserver zu verwenden?
> |
> | Ich bin um jeden Rat dankbar.
>
> Sorry, I cannot provide information about Suns own DHCP server but about
> the one from ISC (www.isc.org). It's easy to compile for Solaris. Looking
> at the configuration you need to setup the vendor option space for PXE
>
> option space PXE;
> option PXE.mtftp-ip code 1 = ip-address;
> option PXE.mtftp-cport code 2 = unsigned integer 16;
> option PXE.mtftp-sport code 3 = unsigned integer 16;
> option PXE.mtftp-tmout code 4 = unsigned integer 8;
> option PXE.mtftp-delay code 5 = unsigned integer 8;
> option PXE.discovery-control code 6 = unsigned integer 8;
> option PXE.discovery-mcast-addr code 7 = array of unsigned integer 8;
> option PXE.boot_servers code 8 = array of unsigned integer 8;
> option PXE.boot_menu code 9 = array of unsigned integer 8;
> option PXE.menu-prompt code 10 = { unsigned integer 8, text };
>
> and after that make sure the clients use it
>
> # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # PXE boot
> # no MTFTP but TFTP so ip=0.0.0.0
> # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> if (substring (option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 32) =
> "PXEClient:Arch:00000:UNDI:002001") {
> vendor-option-space PXE;
> next-server tftp.rz.uni-ulm.de;
> option vendor-class-identifier "PXEClient";
> option PXE.mtftp-ip 0.0.0.0;
> filename "/sun/nbp";
> }
>
> !!! this is for Sun V6* systems and their boot loader but a similar setup
> eg works for FreeBSD clients. The TFTP loaded code (/sun/npb) then usually
> also uses DHCP to retrieve whatever's next on the list e.g. 'inetboot' on
> solaris systems
>
> Hope that helps
> Thomas
>
> p.s. please don't post in german as this is an international newgroup
>
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