pxeos(8)

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

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

17       -a, add
18            add a new Operating System description
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20       -m, modify
21            modify an Operating System description
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23       -d, delete
24            delete an Operating System description
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26       -l, list
27            list all Operating System descriptions
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29       -h, help
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32       -i, description <description>
33            set short description associated with the Operating System.
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35       -p, protocol   <NFS | HTTP | FTP>
36            specify protocol used to access the Operating System;
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38       -D, diskless <1|0>
39            specify whether the Operating System is diskless on not
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41       -s, server <server>
42            specify the server machine containing the Operating System
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45            specify the directory on the server machine containing the Operat‐
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48       -A, anonymous <1|0>
49            specify  whether to use anonymous ftp to access the Operating Sys‐
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52       -u, user <username>
53            specify ftp user to access the Operating System
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60            specify the location of the kickstart file, this should be  speci‐
61       fied  as  a kernel parameter.  http://frodo.lab.boston.redhat.com/kick‐
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FILES

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

71       To run this program simply type:
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73       pxeos -l
74       List all the currently defined Operating Systems
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76       pxeos -a -D 1 --server frodo --location /diskless/i386/RHEL-AS  -p  NFS
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78       Add   a   diskless  Operating  System  nfs  mounted  from  frodo:/disk‐
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83            specify the name to identify this Operating System
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LIMITATIONS

87       This utility configures PXELinux Operating Systems to be used  by  pxe‐
88       boot and system-config-netboot
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AUTHORS

98       Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
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