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>2.4. Finish Configuring the Diskless Environment</H1
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> To use the graphical version of the
<B
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Network Booting Tool</B
>, you must be running the X
Window System, have root privileges, and have the
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>system-config-netboot</TT
> RPM package installed. To
start the <B
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Network Booting Tool</B
> from the desktop,
go to the <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Main Menu Button</B
> (on the Panel) =>
<B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>System Settings</B
> => <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Server
Settings</B
> => <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Network Booting
Service</B
>. Or, type the command
<TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>system-config-netboot</TT
> at a shell prompt (for
example, in an <B
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>XTerm</B
> or a
<B
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GNOME terminal</B
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> If starting the <B
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Network Booting Tool</B
> for the first
time, select <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Diskless</B
> from the <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>First
Time Druid</B
>. Otherwise, select <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Configure</B
> =>
<B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Diskless</B
> from the pull-down menu, and then
click <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Add</B
>.
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> A wizard appears to step you through the process:
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>Click <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Forward</B
> on the first page.
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>On the <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Diskless Identifier</B
> page, enter a
<B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Name</B
> and <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Description</B
> for
the diskless environment. Click <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Forward</B
>.
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>Enter the IP address or domain name of the NFS server configured
in <A
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>Section 2.3 <I
>Configuring the NFS Server</I
></A
> as well as the directory
exported as the diskless environment. Click
<B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Forward</B
>.
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>The kernel versions installed in the diskless environment are
listed. Select the kernel version to boot on the diskless system.
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>Click <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Apply</B
> to finish the configuration.
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> After clicking <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Apply</B
>, the diskless kernel and
image file are created based on the kernel selected. They are copied to
the PXE boot directory
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/tftpboot/linux-install/<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
><os-identifier></I
></TT
>/</TT
>.
The directory <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>snapshot/</TT
> is created in the same
directory as the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>root/</TT
> directory (for example,
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/diskless/i386/RHEL-AS/snapshot/</TT
>) with a file
called <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>files</TT
> in it. This file contains a list of
files and directories that must be read/write for each diskless
system. Do not modify this file. If additional entries need to be added
to the list, create a <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>files.custom</TT
> file in the same
directory as the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>files</TT
> file, and add each
additional file or directory on a separate line.
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