pxeos

pxeos(8)							     pxeos(8)



NAME
       pxeos - PXEBoot Operating System description Configuration Utility

SYNTAX
	pxeos [OPTION] [Operating System Name]


DESCRIPTION
       This  is a command line tool for configuring Operating System descrip-
       tions to be used for PXE boot files.

OPTIONS
       -a, add
	    add a new Operating System description

       -m, modify
	    modify an Operating System description

       -d, delete
	    delete an Operating System description

       -l, list
	    list all Operating System descriptions

       -h, help
	    show usage

       -i, description <description>
	    set short description associated with the Operating System.


       -p, protocol   <NFS | HTTP | FTP>
	    specify protocol used to access the Operating System;

       -D, diskless <1|0>
	    specify whether the Operating System is diskless on not

       -s, server <server>
	    specify the server machine containing the Operating System

       -L, location <disklocation>
	    specify the directory on the server machine containing the	Oper-
       ating System

       -A, anonymous <1|0>
	    specify whether to use anonymous ftp to access the Operating Sys-
       tem

       -u, user <username>
	    specify ftp user to access the Operating System

       -P, password <password>
	    specify ftp password to access the Operating System


       -K, kickstart   <kickstartfile>
	    specify the location of the kickstart file, this should be speci-
       fied  as a kernel parameter.  http://frodo.lab.boston.redhat.com/kick-
       start/ks.cfg


FILES
       /usr/sbin/pxeos
       /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg/pxeos.xml
       /usr/share/system-config-netboot/*

EXAMPLES
       To run this program simply type:

       pxeos -l
       List all the currently defined Operating Systems

       pxeos -a -D 1 --server frodo --location /diskless/i386/RHEL-AS -p  NFS
       RHEL-AS-Diskless
       Add   a	diskless  Operating  System  nfs  mounted  from	 frodo:/disk-
       less/i386/RHEL-AS


       Operating System Name
	    specify the name to identify this Operating System


LIMITATIONS
       This utility configures PXELinux Operating Systems to be used by	 pxe-
       boot and system-config-netboot


SEE ALSO
       system-config-netboot(8)
       pxeboot(8)


BUGS
AUTHORS
       Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>




				Tue Apr 1 2003			     pxeos(8)