pxeos

NAME

pxeos - PXEBoot Operating System description Configuration Utility

SYNTAX

pxeos [OPTION] [Operating System Name]

DESCRIPTION

This is a command line tool for configuring Operating System descriptions to be used for PXE boot files.

OPTIONS

-a, add
add a new Operating System description

-m, modify
modify an Operating System description

-d, delete
delete an Operating System description

-l, list
list all Operating System descriptions

-h, help
show usage

-i, description <description>
set short description associated with the Operating System.

-p, protocol <NFS | HTTP | FTP>
specify protocol used to access the Operating System;

-D, diskless <1|0>
specify whether the Operating System is diskless on not

-s, server <server>
specify the server machine containing the Operating System

-L, location <disklocation>
specify the directory on the server machine containing the Operating System

-A, anonymous <1|0>
specify whether to use anonymous ftp to access the Operating System

-u, user <username>
specify ftp user to access the Operating System

-P, password <password>
specify ftp password to access the Operating System

FILES

/usr/sbin/pxeos
/tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg/pxeos.xml
/usr/share/system-config-netboot/*

EXAMPLES

To run this program simply type:

pxeos -l

List all the currently defined Operating Systems

pxeos -a -D 1 --server frodo --location /diskless/i386/RHEL-AS -p NFS RHEL-AS-Diskless

Add a diskless Operating System nfs mounted from frodo:/diskless/i386/RHEL-AS

Operating System Name
specify the name to identify this Operating System

LIMITATIONS

This utility configures PXELinux Operating Systems to be used by pxeboot and system-config-netboot

BUGS

AUTHORS

Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>