-- MikeGore - 2015-08-27

PXE TFTPBOOT configuration detail

• • Config: /tftpboot/pxes/pxelinux.cfg/default
  • ISO boot images: /tftpboot/pxes/iso

/tftpboot/pxes/pxelinux.cfg/default

PXE / TFTPBOOT files and descriptions

/tftpboot/pxes

• /tftpboot/pxes - PXE root directory Add any boot images under this directory - see below for specific directories that are already defined

/tftpboot/pxes/pxelinux.0

• PXE bootstrap file from syslinux - all systems boot this file first

/tftpboot/pxes/pxelinux.cfg/

• Top level PXE menu files go here - defined in binary file pxelinux.0

/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default

• Top level PXE boot menu

/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default.conf

• default menu include used by al menus
  • defines vesa display mode and resolution, defaulyt timeouts and prompts
  • you should not ever have to change this

/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/UW.png

• default graphic background for menus

/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/clonezilla_menu

• Clonezilla PXE boot menu
  • Primary imaging tool

/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/acronis_menu

• Acronis imaging tools menu

/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/rip_menu

• Recover is Possible RIP boot images
• there are rip_menuNN.N menus for each version
  • We used this tool to image the cluster - to be replaced by clonezilla

/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/dos_menu

• not used on himrod

/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/diag_menu

• not used on himrod

/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/live_menu

• Live boot images of Ubuntu

/tftpboot/pxes/syslinux

• Contains syslinux ustilities used by the menu system

/tftpboot/pxes/utils/

• used by dos_menu and diag_menu - not used on himrod See pxelinux.cfg/default

/tftpboot/pxes/RIP/

• Recovery is Possible - locally updated version of RIP PXE images

/tftpboot/pxes/avast

• Avast antivirus components - added to RIP images

/tftpboot/pxes/bin

• bin files added to RIP images

/tftpboot/pxes/clonezilla

• Colonezilla PXE boot images
• bin files added to RIP images

/tftpboot/pxes/images

• General purpose images folder free to use for deplyment images

/tftpboot/pxes/iso

• Ubuntu live iso shares used for PXE/NFS live booting

/tftpboot/pxes/pxelinux.cfg/ghost.src

• Linux Ghost code with additions to work with RIP

/tftpboot/pxes/ununtu-installers

• Ubuntu network installers