pxeboot installations how to

wget  http://192.168.10.105/pxebootCentos54_64bit.tgz
 

• untar pxebootCentos54_64bit.tgz to your /boot

• add the following to /etc/grub.conf

 title CentOS 5.4 Installation
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /pxeboot/vmlinuz ro root=LABEL=/ ip=192.168.50.110 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.2.234 
        dns=192.168.2.234 hostname=centos44  text ks=http://202.162.242.200/ks.cfg ksdevice=eth0
         initrd /pxeboot/initrd.img 

this is the ks.fcg file http://192.168.10.105/ks.cfg

auth  --useshadow  --enablemd5
install
url --url=http://192.168.10.105/CentOS54X
lang en_US
keyboard us
network --bootproto=static --device=eth0 --ip=206.183.108.166 --netmask=255.255.255.0 --gateway=206.183.108.1  --nameserver=209.120.245.58 --hostname=dell860-535.rapidns.com --onboot=on
 zerombr
rootpw --iscrypted $1$4kHiDPby$etAhqn01O83WXVXju0K/S/
firewall --disable
firstboot --disable
authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
selinux --disable
timezone Asia/Calcutta
bootloader --location=mbr   --append="rhgb quiet"
 zerombr yes
skipx

clearpart --all
part --ondrive=sda / --fstype ext3  --size=1 --grow
part --ondrive=sda /boot --fstype ext3  --size=200 --asprimary
part --ondrive=sda swap --size=7024


reboot
 
%packages
@base
@editors
@core
@development-libs
@development-tools
@sql-server
kernel-devel
emacs

• make the above added kernel image to be default image to boot and reboot the server.
• After reboot Centos 5.4 installation will begin.