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PXE Boot TinyCore using CentOS

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byDorrelonSep12,2014at3:31am

Introduction
SetupaPXEserverinCentOSsowecanbootintoTinyCoreoveraLAN

Steps (6 total)
1

Set up tftp server

yuminstalltftpserver
vi/etc/xinetd.d/tftp
disable=no
server_args=s/tftpboot
servicexinetdrestart
yuminstallsyslinux
mkdir/tftpboot
cp/usr/share/syslinux/pxelinux.0/tftpboot
cp/usr/share/syslinux/menu.c32/tftpboot
cp/usr/share/syslinux/memdisk/tftpboot
cp/usr/share/syslinux/mboot.c32/tftpboot
cp/usr/share/syslinux/chain.c32/tftpboot
2

Set up DHCP
Ifyou'realreadyrunningaDHCPonWindows,addoption66(pxeserverIP)and67(pxelinux.0).
OtherwisesetupDHCPinCentOS:
yuminstalldhcp
vi/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
allowbooting
allowbootp
optionoption128code128=string
optionoption129code129=text
nextserver10.0.0.100
filename"/pxelinux.0"
subnet10.0.0.0netmask255.255.255.0{
rangedynamicbootp10.0.0.110.0.0.10
}
:wqtosaveandquit
servicedhcpdrestart
3

Set up TinyCore
wgethttp://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/5.x/x86/release/TinyCorecurrent.iso
mkdirp/tftpboot/images/TC
mountolooptinycorecurrent.iso/mnt/TC
cpR/mnt/TC/boot/tftpboot/images/TC/
cpR/mnt/TC/cde/tftpboot/images/TC/
4

Add TinyCore entry to PXE menu

vi/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
defaultmenu.c32
prompt0
timeout300
ONTIMEOUTlocal
MENUTITLEPXEMenu
LABELtinycore
MENULABELTinyCore
kernelimages/TC/boot/vmlinuz
appendinitrd=/images/TC/boot/core.gztce=/cde
:wqtosaveandquit
5

Remaster TinyCore (so it can find the cde folder)

CopyfoldersfromTinyCorecurrent.isotoUSBdrive
BootintoTinyCoreusingTinyCorecurrent.iso(aVMwithnoHDDisfineforthis)
MountUSBdriveinTinyCoreusingmounttool
Copycore.gzfrombootfolderonUSBdriveto/tmp
Installcoreremaster.tczusingAppstool

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Runcoreremastertoextractfilesfromcore.gz
CopycdefolderfromUSBdriveto/tmp/core_extract
Runcoreremastertopackagefilesbackintocore.gz
Copy/tmp/core_package/core.gztoUSBdrive
Copynewcore.gzfromUSBdriveto/tftpboot/images/TC/bootonCentOSmachine
6

Another Way
Ratherthanremasteringcore.gztoincludethecdefolder,youcanalsousethetftplistbootcode:
Addtftplist=<serverip>://images/TC/cde/tftpboot.lstto/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/defaultandremovethetce=/cdebootcode.
Eg."appendinitrd=/images/TC/boot/core.gztftplist=<serverip>://images/TC/cde/tftpboot.ls"
Thencopy/tftpboot/images/TC/cde/onboot.lsttotftpboot.lstandadd/images/TC/cde/optional/toeachlinebeforethe
<extension>.tgzfilename.
Eg./images/TC/cde/optional/Xlibs.tcz
Thismethodisabitslowerthantheotherwayanddoesn'twork100%forme,butIthoughtI'dincludeitanyway.

Conclusion
YoushouldnowbeabletobootintoTinyCoreusingPXE.

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4 Comments

ShawnCBSep12,2014at7:29am
Dorrelthisisawesomedude,OurcompanyjuststartedadoptingLinuxandUnixandweareforcedtosetupaPXEboot
environment.IInstalledCentos7onmyparallelsformacandinstalledtheTinycorefollowingyourinstructionsandit
workedtotheT.ThanksMate

DorrelSep12,2014at9:28am
Noproblem.Thanksforthespice!
TinyCoreisprettycoolI'veevengotittoconnecttoourExchangeserver.Ifyou'reinterested,I'llwriteupanotherHow
toforthataswell.

ShawnCBSep15,2014at8:53am
PleasedoDorrel.
Thisisfreetoolsanditsamazing.I'mcurrentlybusyinstallingSaltandNagiostoMonitortheWindowsInfrastructure.
Andwhat'samazingisthatIonlyknowLinuxforaboutsixmonths.AllonCentos7andthendeploymentontheRedHat
ProdServers.

DorrelSep24,2014at11:59am
Here'showtosetupanemailclienttoconnecttoExchange2010:
http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/94103connecttoexchange2010serverintinycore

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