Installing portmap, Configuring the tftp service – Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V40z User Manual

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Appendix A

Preconfiguring Your Network to Support PXE Installation

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Installing Portmap

Complete the following steps on your DHCP server.

1. Determine whether the portmap server package is already installed on the server

by typing the following command:

# rpm -qa | grep portmap

2. If portmap is not listed, insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD 2 and type the

following commands to install the package from the CD:

# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

# rpm -Uvh /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/portmap-

*

.rpm

3. Remove CD 2 from the server after you type the following command:

# umount /dev/cdrom

Configuring the TFTP Service

Complete the following steps on your DHCP server.

1. Determine whether the TFTP server package is already installed on the server by

typing the following command:

# rpm -qa | grep tftp-server

2. If the TFTP server package is not listed, insert the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD 1

and type the following commands to install the package from the CD:

# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

# rpm -Uvh /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/tftp-server-

*

.rpm

3. Remove the CD from the server after you type the following command:

# umount /dev/cdrom

4. Edit and save the

/etc/xinetd.d/tftp

file to make the following changes:

a. Change the

-s /tftpboot

entry to

-s /home/pxeboot

.

b. Change the disable attribute to

no

.

5. Restart the

xinetd

service by typing the following command:

# service xinetd restart

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