From 1ea73eea5ecc6a8ed901316049259aee737ee554 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 19:51:38 +0000 Subject: move manual to top-level directory, split out of debian-installer package --- eu/install-methods/tftp/dhcp.xml | 111 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 111 insertions(+) create mode 100644 eu/install-methods/tftp/dhcp.xml (limited to 'eu/install-methods/tftp/dhcp.xml') diff --git a/eu/install-methods/tftp/dhcp.xml b/eu/install-methods/tftp/dhcp.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a6ba6286e --- /dev/null +++ b/eu/install-methods/tftp/dhcp.xml @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ + + + + + + Setting up a DHCP server + + +At the time of this writing, there is only one DHCP server which is +free software, namely ISC dhcpd. In &debian;, this +is available in the dhcp package. Here is a +sample configuration file for it (usually +/etc/dhcpd.conf): + + + +option domain-name "example.com"; +option domain-name-servers ns1.example.com; +option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; +default-lease-time 600; +max-lease-time 7200; +server-name "servername"; + +subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { + range 192.168.1.200 192.168.1.253; + option routers 192.168.1.1; +} + +host clientname { + filename "/tftpboot/tftpboot.img"; + server-name "servername"; + next-server servername; + hardware ethernet 01:23:45:67:89:AB; + fixed-address 192.168.1.90; +} + + + +Note: the new (and preferred) dhcp3 package uses +/etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf. + + + +In this example, there is one server +"servername" which performs all of the work +of DHCP, server, TFTP server, and network gateway. You will almost +certainly need to change the domain-name options, as well as the +server name and client hardware address. The +"filename" option should be the name of the +file which will be retrieved via TFTP. + + + +After you have edited the dhcpd configuration file, +restart it with /etc/init.d/dhcpd restart. + + + + + PXE Booting + +Here is another example for a dhcp.conf using the +Pre-boot Execution Environment (PXE) method of TFTP. + + + +option domain-name "example.com"; + +default-lease-time 6048; +max-lease-time 604800; + +allow booting; +allow bootp; + +# The next paragraph needs to be modified to fit your case +subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { + range 192.168.1.200 192.168.1.253; + option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; + option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255; +# the gateway address which can be different +# (access to the internet for instance) + option routers 192.168.1.1; +# indicate the dns you want to use + option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.3; +} + +host tftpserver { +# tftp server ip address + fixed-address 192.168.1.90; +# tftp server hardware address + hardware ethernet 01:23:45:67:89:AB; +} + +group { + next-server 192.168.1.3; + host tftpclient { +# tftp client hardware address + hardware ethernet 00:10:DC:27:6C:15; + filename "/tftpboot/pxelinux.0"; + } +} + + + +Note that for PXE booting, the client filename pxelinux.0 +is a boot loader, not a kernel image (see +below). + + + + -- cgit v1.2.3