This simple script helps to setup a basic PXE Server in an existing environment on a Fedora-based system. It's a summary of this blog post [1]. Requirements: - root access - Fedora 18 (firewalld) - Access to the DHCP server configuration [1] http://fabian-affolter.ch/blog/index.php/installationsserver

pxe-install

# This simple script helps to setup a basic PXE Server in an existing
# environment on a Fedora-based system.
#
# Licensed under GPLv2
# 
# Copyright (c) 2013 Fabian Affolter <fabian at affolter-engineering.ch>

TFTP_PATH=/var/lib/tftpboot

yum -y install tftp-server syslinux

mkdir -p {$TFTP_PATH/memtest,$TFTP_PATH/pxelinux.cfg}
curl http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/fedora/linux/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/os/isolinux/memtest -o $TFTP_PATH/memtest/memtest

cp /usr/share/syslinux/pxelinux.0 $TFTP_PATH/pxelinux.0
cp /usr/share/syslinux/menu.c32 $TFTP_PATH/menu.c32

cat << EOF>> $TFTP_PATH/pxelinux.cfg/default
# PXE boot options
prompt 0
default menu.c32
menu title Rebuild and diagnosis options
timeout 100
 
# Launch local installation
label local
menu label Start system from local storage
localboot 0

# Memtest
label memdisk
menu label Memtest
kernel memtest/memtest
EOF

# Enable the tftp service
sed -i 's|\sdisable\s\{3,\}= yes|\tdisable \t\t= no|g' /etc/xinetd.d/tftp
firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=tftp
firewall-cmd --reload
systemctl start xinetd.service