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This is a how-to for a diskless installation of Fedora core 1/2/3/4/5
i'm sure they should all be pretty much the same just in the url's of
the downloadable files change the 5 to whatever number your installing
Name: syslinux
Homepage: http://syslinux.zytor.com/ Function: The SYSLINUX Project covers lightweight bootloaders for floppy media, network booting and bootable "El Torito" CD-ROMs.
Name: Fedora
HomePage: http://fedora.redhat.com/ Function:
Fedora Core is a free operating system that offers the best combination
of stable and cutting-edge software that exists in the free software
world
1. Firstly we need to get dhcp working.
nano /etc/dhcpd.conf dhcpd.conf:
ddns-update-style interim;
ignore client-updates;
allow bootp;
allow booting;
subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.0.10 192.168.0.200;
option routers 192.168.0.1;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option domain-name "home.net";
option domain-name-servers 192.168.0.254;
next-server 192.168.0.254;
default-lease-time 21600;
max-lease-time 43200;
option root-path "/tftpboot/";
filename "pxelinux.0";
}
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2. Next we need to setup PXE boot, so download syslinux
wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/syslinux-3.11.tar.gz
3. Now install syslinux
tar -xvzf syslinux-3.11.tar.gz -C /usr/local/src
4. Create the tftpd directory at the root directory, '/'.
mkdir /tftpboot
5. Now, we need to copy 2 files from here to our newly created tftpboot directory
cp /usr/local/src/syslinux-3.11/pxelinux.0 /tftpboot
cp /usr/local/src/syslinux-3.11/memdisk/memdisk /tftpboot
6. Make sure you have the TFTPD-server installed and then edit the following file
nano /etc/xinetd.d/tftp tftp:
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service tftp {
socket_type = dgram
protocol = udp
wait = yes
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
server_args = -s /tftpboot
disable = no
per_source = 11
cps = 1002
flags = IPv4
}
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7. Now set TFTP server & the DHCP Server to start on boot
chkconfig tftp on
chkconfig dhcpd on
8. Once that is done restart the following services /etc/init.d/dhcpd restart
/etc/init.d/xinetd restart 
9. Next you'll need to download the PXE files from the Fedora website
wget http://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/5/i386/os/images/pxeboot/initrd.img
wget http://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/5/i386/os/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
wget http://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/5/i386/os/images/diskboot.img
10. Now, copy these 2 files into the /tftpboot directory, look at how I named them.
cp initrd.img /tftpboot/fc2-initrd.img
cp vmlinuz /tftpboot/fc2-vmlinuz
11. Now move into the tftp directory and make the PXE configuration directory
cd /tftpboot/
mkdir pxelinux.cfg/
12. Change into the pxelinux.cfg directory
cd pxelinux.cfg
13. now make the default configuration file
nano /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
default:
# Perform a local boot by default
default install
# Always prompt
prompt 1
display pxeboot.msg
# Boot automatically after 30 seconds in tenths of a second
timeout 300
label local
localboot 0
label install
kernel vmlinuz
append initrd=initrd.img
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14. Now mount the Fedora Core 5 DVD ISO, or the Fedora Core 5 DVD
mount -o loop -t iso9660 /tmp/Fedora-Core-5.iso /media/cdrom/
mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
15. Make a NFS share
nano /etc/exports
exports:
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/media/cdrom 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw)
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16. Start the nts server
/etc/init.d/nfs start
17. Now just set your client to boot from network with it asks you for the source choose the NFS share.
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