How To Configure PXE Boot on CentOS 5
The other day I blogged about how to extract the kernel and ramdisk from the DBAN downloadable image. These two files would be useful in the situation where you might want to PXE (network) boot a machine and have it wiped. (Something like this may be common prior to dispositioning a machine at work, or before you give an old machine away.) Whatever your reasons might be, I thought I would outline the steps that I have taken to install and configure PXE on a CentOS 5 installation. Installation yum install tftp-server DBAN Configuration After following my previous instructions on how to extract the DBAN PXE images, copy the two files (kernel.bzi and initrd.gz) to the /tftpboot/ directory. mkdir -p /tftpboot/dban<br /> cp kernel.bzi /tftpboot/<br /> cp initrd.gz /tftpboot/<br /> PXE Configuration You’ll also need to configure the PXE system to know what to launch/run when a specific command is given at boot. Read more