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1. Install and configure the DHCPD server 02. Install tftp server and enable TFTP service a. yum install tftp-server b. Enable TFTP server. vi /etc/xinetd.d/tftp and change disable to 'no' c. service xinetd restart 03. Install syslinux if not already installed a. yum install syslinux 04. Copy needed files from syslinux to the tftpboot directory cp /usr/lib/syslinux/pxelinux.0 /tftpboot cp /usr/lib/syslinux/menu.c32 /tftpboot cp /usr/lib/syslinux/memdisk /tftpboot cp /usr/lib/syslinux/mboot.c32 /tftpboot cp /usr/lib/syslinux/chain.c32 /tftpboot 04. Create the directory for your PXE menus mkdir /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg 05. For each "Release" and "ARCH" Copy vmlinuz and initrd.img from /images/pxeboot/ directory on "disc 1" of that $Release/$ARCH to /tftpboot/images/RHEL/$ARCH/$RELEASE mkdir -p /tftpboot/images/RHEL/i386/4.3 mkdir -p /tftpboot/images/RHEL/i386/5.5 mkdir -p /tftpboot/images/RHEL/x86_64/4.3 mkd

Firstboot  does not run after a system is installed from a Kickstart file unless a desktop and the X Window System were included in the installation and graphical login was enabled. Either specify a user with the  user  option in the Kickstart file before installing additional systems from it (refer toSection 32.4, “Kickstart Options” for details) or log into the installed system with a virtual console as root and add users with the  adduser  command. To begin a kickstart installation, you must boot the system from boot media you have made or the  Red  Hat  Enterprise  Linux DVD, and enter a special boot command at the boot prompt. The installation program looks for a kickstart file if the  ks  command line argument is passed to the kernel. DVD and local storage The  linux ks=  command also works if the  ks.cfg  file is located on a vfat or ext2  file  system  on local storage and you boot from the Red Hat Enterprise  Linux  DVD. With Driver Disk If you need to use a driver disk w

A new white paper about Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Architecture and Deployment (including the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3) has just been published. Here’s an outline of this content: Introduction Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Overview Comparing Windows Server Operating System Storage Offerings Comparing Windows Storage Server with Windows Server Identifying Windows Storage Server Features What’s New in Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Comparing Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 with Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Editions Identifying Storage Challenges Identify Scalability Storage Challenges Identify Availability Storage Challenges Identify Security Storage Challenges Identify Manageability Storage Challenges Identify Data Recovery Storage Challenges Identifying Windows Storage Server Solution Benefits Identifying Scalability Benefits Identifying Availability Benefits Identifying Security Benefit