I was trying to use my windows RIS server to deploy linux so as to require user authentication. After seaching the internet I found that it was possible but not very well explained after alot of tinkering I eventually got it to work. Here is my documentation so hopefully others can do it in less time than I, feel free to comment and improve.. ************************ On RIS Server Create following folder structure: Setup\English\Images\PXELinux\i386\templates\pxelinux.cfg\ NOTE: Setup\English\Images is the location of the other RIS images Download the latest version of syslinux from: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/>From Redhat as4u3 CD1 (or cd of the distro you wish to deploy), in thedirectory images\pxeboot copy the following files into Setup\English\Images\PXELinux\i386\templates on the RIS server. vmlinuz initrd.img Rename these files to: vmlinuz-<distro>-<arch> initrd-<distro>-<arch>.img eg vmlinuz-rhas4-x86 initrd-rhas4-x86.img>From the syslinux file downloaded extract the file ?pxelinux.0? toSetup\English\Images\PXELinux\i386\templates on the RIS server. In Setup\English\Images\PXELinux\i386\templates create a file ?pxelinux.sif? and give it the following Contents: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [OSChooser] Description = "Linux" Help = "This option runs a Linux installer." LaunchFile = "Setup\English\Images\PXELinux\i386\templates\pxelinux.0" ImageType = Flat Version="1.01" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Setup\English\Images\PXELinux\i386\templates\pxelinux.cfg\ create a file called "default" and give it the following contents: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEFAULT latest-<distro> prompt 1 display boot.msg timeout 1000 LABEL linux-<arch>-<distro> KERNEL vmlinuz-<distro> APPEND initrd=initrd-<distro>.img LABEL latest-<arch>-<distro> KERNEL vmlinuz-<distro> APPEND initrd=initrd-<distro>.img ks=http://<kickstsart-webserver>/kickstart/<arch>/rhas43/ks.cfg LABEL rhas43-<arch> KERNEL vmlinuz-rhas4 APPEND initrd=initrd-rhas4.img ks=http://<kickstsart-webserver>/kickstart/<arch>/rhas43/ks.cfg LABEL rhes37-<arch> KERNEL vmlinuz-rhes3 APPEND initrd=initrd-rhes3.img ks=http://<kickstsart-webserver>/kickstart/<arch>/rhes37/ks.cfg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My above default will after 10 secs boot the linux kickstart file. If you wish to display information to the user then under timeout add the lines: F1 boot.msg F2 help.msg .... F9 another.msg F0 ThisIsF10.msg This will allow users to switch between *.msg files by pressing the keys F1-F10, Only the keys needed need to be listed. Finally Restart the RIS server and if all goes according to plan it should work flawlessly. NOTE: You must use the files vmlinuz and initrd.img from the distro you intend to deploy.
On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 03:59:35PM +0100, Ryan McLean wrote:> I was trying to use my windows RIS server to deploy linux so as to require > user authentication. After seaching the internet I found that it was > possible but not very well explained after alot of tinkering I eventually > got it to work. > > Here is my documentation so hopefully others can do it in less time than > I, feel free to comment and improve.. > > ************************<snip/> I was visiting http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/ for a good place for the RIS information. There was no "use cases" / "usage" / "examples" toplevel page. Even worse: I couldn't create a wiki account. The way http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Special:Userlogin behaves, looks to me like that account creation is disabled. Could someone have a look at it? GSt