NAME
mkbootserver - Configure a server so that other machines can boot from it over the network.
SYNOPSIS
mkbootserver [ -f ] [ --interface=INTERFACE ] [ --localdhcp=[y|n] ] [ --kernel=PATH ] [ --initrd=PATH ] [ --tftpdir=PATH ] [ --pxelinux=PATH ]
DESCRIPTION
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.
- -f
-
Turn off interactive mode. All other options must be specified for this to work.
- --interface=INTERFACE
-
The interface the PXE daemon will listen on.
- --localdhcp=[y|n]
-
This specifies whether or not the DHCP server will run locally or on another machine.
- --kernel=PATH
-
The full path to the kernel that clients should boot.
- --initrd=PATH
-
The full path to the initial ramdisk that clients should use.
- --tftpdir=PATH
-
The full path to the directory from which the tftp server will serve files.
- --pxelinux=PATH
-
The full path to the pxelinux bootloader. This is a part of the syslinux package.
SEE ALSO
makedhcpserver(8), makedhcpstatic(8)
More details can be found in the SystemImager manual.
AUTHOR
This manual page was compiled by dann <<[email protected]>> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).