SystemImager® v3.2.3 Manual
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MKBOOTSERVER

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

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