Syslinux - Jun 2005 - Setting up a Pxe Server with udhcpc?

Hello,

I am trying to setup a pxe server, I have a debian box with tftp-hda
install, the image in place, and the pxeserver.0 in place.

I have a router with udhcpc and I would like to use that as the DHCP
server for the pxe server... I have been searching for some sort of
document or hint as how to set this up, I could not find anything.

Does any one know where a good document on this is located at?  Is
this even possable?

Thanks!

- Andrew

Andrew Balmos wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to setup a pxe server, I have a debian box with tftp-hda
> install, the image in place, and the pxeserver.0 in place.
> 
> I have a router with udhcpc and I would like to use that as the DHCP
> server for the pxe server... I have been searching for some sort of
> document or hint as how to set this up, I could not find anything.
> 
> Does any one know where a good document on this is located at?  Is
> this even possable?
Your current problem is figuring out if/how udhcpc can supply the string 
"pxeserver.0" to the client, and the IP of the tftp server.  so the
document will
be the udhcpc docs.  If you can't find any mention of PXE in the docs, post
a URL
to them and you might get a confirmation that udhcpc doesn't have that
feature.

Personally I would run dhcpd on your debian box.

Carl k

On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 08:33:29AM -0400, Andrew Balmos
wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to setup a pxe server, I have a debian box with tftp-hda
> install, the image in place, and the pxeserver.0 in place.
> 
> I have a router with udhcpc and I would like to use that as the DHCP
> server for the pxe server... I have been searching for some sort of
> document or hint as how to set this up, I could not find anything.
> 
> Does any one know where a good document on this is located at?  Is
> this even possable?
I dunno, my advise is to

  Use the Debian box also as DHCP server.
> Thanks!
> 
> - Andrew
Cheers
Geert Stappers

> server for the pxe server... I have been searching for some sort of
> document or hint as how to set this up, I could not find anything.
Here are the steps to setup everything and then some - so pull out the parts you
need: http://ubuntulinux.org/wiki/LocalNetInstall

Let me know if anything on that page needs help.

Carl K

I have never heard of DNSMasq, but what you posted sounds reasonable. I assume
by
now you have tried it - did it work?

Not sure why you would need both the name and IP.

Not sure if you want the / at the front of /pxelinux.0

Carl K

Andrew Balmos wrote:
 > Thanks for the help!, I was able to get DNSMasq running on the router
 > and I am now using that...
 >
 > Correct me if I am wrong but all I need to do get pxelinux working is
 > to edit the DNSMasq config file and add:
 > dhcp-boot=/pxelinux.0,debian,216.221.66.146
 >
 > Where debian is the name of the system running the tftp server and
 > 216.221.66.146 is the IP address of the tftp server.
 >
 > Andrew
 >
 > On 6/3/05, Carl Karsten <carl at personnelware.com> wrote:
 >
 >>>server for the pxe server... I have been searching for some sort of
 >>>document or hint as how to set this up, I could not find anything.
 >>
 >>Here are the steps to setup everything and then some - so pull out the
parts you
 >>need: http://ubuntulinux.org/wiki/LocalNetInstall
 >>
 >>Let me know if anything on that page needs help.
 >>
 >>Carl K
 >>
 >
 >
 >