1pxeos(8)                    System Manager's Manual                   pxeos(8)
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NAME

6       pxeos - PXEBoot Operating System description Configuration Utility
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SYNTAX

9       pxeos [OPTION] [Operating System Name]
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DESCRIPTION

12       This  is  a command line tool for configuring Operating System descrip‐
13       tions to be used for PXE boot files.
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OPTIONS

16       -a, --add
17              add a new Operating System description
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19       -m, --modify
20              modify an Operating System description
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22       -d, --delete
23              delete an Operating System description
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25       -l, --list
26              list all Operating System descriptions
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28       -h, --help
29              show usage
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31       -i, --description <description>
32              set short description associated with the Operating System.
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34       -p, --protocolfR <NFS | HTTP | FTP>
35              specify protocol used to access the Operating System;
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37       -D, --diskless <1|0>
38              specify whether the Operating System is diskless on not
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40       -s, --server <server>
41              specify the server machine containing the Operating System
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43       -L, --location <disklocation>
44              specify the directory on the server machine containing the Oper‐
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47       -A, --anonymous <1|0>
48              specify  whether  to  use  anonymous ftp to access the Operating
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51       -u, --user <username>
52              specify ftp user to access the Operating System
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54       -P, --password <password>
55              specify ftp password to access the Operating System
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57       -K, --kickstart <kickstartfile>
58              specify the location of the kickstart file, this should be spec‐
59              ified as a kernel parameter.
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61       Operating System Name
62              specify the name to identify this Operating System
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FILES

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

70       pxeos -l
71              List all the currently defined Operating Systems
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73       pxeos  -a  -D 1 --server frodo --location /diskless/i386/RHEL-AS -p NFS
74       RHEL-AS-Diskless
75              Add a diskless Operating System nfs  mounted  from  frodo:/disk‐
76              less/i386/RHEL-AS
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LIMITATIONS

79       This  utility  configures PXELinux Operating Systems to be used by pxe‐
80       boot and system-config-netboot
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SEE ALSO

83       system-config-netboot(8) pxeboot(8)
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BUGS

AUTHORS
87       Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
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92                                Tue Apr 1 2003                        pxeos(8)



        

    


            
        

        

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