mkbootserver8
Configure a server so that other machines can boot from it over the network.
Usage
mkbootserver [-f]
[--interface=INTERFACE]
[--localdhcp
[{y | n}]]
[--kernel=PATH]
[--initrd=PATH]
[--tftpdir=PATH]
[--pxelinux=PATH]
Overview
This manual page documents briefly the mkbootserver command.
mkbootserver is a tool that assists in configuring a network boot server (currently just PXE servers). It runs in both interactive and non-interactive modes.
Options
A summary of options is included below.
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-f -
Turn off interactive mode. All other options must be specified for this to work.
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--interface=INTERFACE -
The interface the PXE daemon will listen on.
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--localdhcp=[y|n] -
This specifies whether or not the DHCP server will run locally or on another machine.
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--kernel=PATH -
The full path to the kernel that clients should boot.
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--initrd=PATH -
The full path to the initial ramdisk that clients should use.
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--tftpdir=PATH -
The full path to the directory from which the tftp server will serve files.
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--pxelinux=PATH -
The full path to the pxelinux bootloader. This is a part of the syslinux package.
Releases
2 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 1 time.
--initrd since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--interface since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--kernel since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--localdhcp since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--pxelinux since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--tftpdir since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-f since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).