man mkbootserver (Administration système) - Configure a server so that other machines can boot from it over the network.

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 <<dannf@debian.org>> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).