Insert CD 1 or DVD1 into your server and copy its content to your PXE server. Type:
# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
# cp -r /mnt/cdrom/* /home/pxeboot/sles NN/
# umount /mnt/cdrom
where NN is 10 for SLES10 and 11 for SLES11.
Remove the media from the server.
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If you are installing SLES 10 or SLES 11 from a DVD, you are done.You do not need to copy
DVD2.
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If you are installing SLES 10 from CDs, repeat Step 2 and Step 3, copying the contents of each
CD into the same directory.
“How to Set Up SUSE PXE Files” on page 54
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How to Set Up SUSE PXE Files
Copy the autoinst.xml le from the /tmp/slesN/ directory to the root of the PXE image.Type:
# cp /tmp/sles N/autoinst.xml /home/pxeboot/slesN/
where N is 10 for SLES 10 and 11 for SLES 11.
Add the following entry to the home/pxeboot/pxelinux.cfg/default le and save it.
Type the text block from append through autoinst.xml in the following example as one
continuous line with no returns.
Note – Substitute sles11 for sles10 if it is appropriate.
default sles10
label sles10
kernel sles10/CD1/boot/x86_64/loader/linux
append textmode=1 initrd=sles10/CD1/boot/x86_64/loader/initrd
install=nfs://n.n.n.n./home/pxeboot/sles10/CD1
autoyast=nfs://n.n.n.n/home/pxeboot/sles10/autoinst.xml
“How to Install Linux From a PXE Server” on page 55
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