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Slackware PXE Server Help
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First, a little help on help. Whenever you encounter a text
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viewer like this during the installation, you can move around
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with these commands:
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PGDN/SPACE - Move down one page
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PGUP/'b' - Move up one page
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ENTER/DOWN/'j' - Move down one line
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UP/'k' - Move up one line
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LEFT/'h' - Scroll left
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RIGHT/'l' - Scroll right
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'0' - Move to beginning of line
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HOME/'g' - Move to beginning of file
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END/'G' - Move to end of file
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'/' - Forward search
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'?' - Backward search
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'n' - Repeat last search (forward)
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Also, you're running a real multitasking operating system now, so
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you're not confined to the installation program. You can log into
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other consoles and look around at any time without disturbing the
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installation process. To do this, you need to learn the commands
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that control the Linux console. You'll use these commands all the
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time when you're logged into Linux.
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"Virtual" consoles and scrollback:
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Right now, the screen you're looking at is probably VIRTUAL CONSOLE
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NUMBER ONE, (or /dev/tty1 in Linux-speak). There are usually
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several virtual consoles available. When you log into the install
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disk, there are four consoles. To switch among them, use Alt-F1,
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Alt-F2, Alt-F3, or Alt-F4 to select which of the four consoles you
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wish to use. While you're using a console, you get a small amount
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of text scrollback buffer. To scroll the console back, hold down
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the right shift key and hit PageUp. To scroll the console forward,
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hit PageDown while holding the right shift key down. This can be
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especially useful for reading the boot messages, which can go by
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too fast to read otherwise.
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RUNNING THE PXESETUP PROGRAM
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The pxesetup main menu is kept as easy as possible, because only a
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limited configuration is needed.
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NETWORK (configure the network device and optional DHCP server)
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SOURCE (select the source location for the Slackware Linux
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packages)
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ACTIVATE (start the PXE server)
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In the NETWORK configuration stage, you configure an IP address for
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your network card. If you have already a DHCP server in your local
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network, the pxesetup program will offer you the choice of using the
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DHCP server to configure your network device fully automatic, but
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there is always the option to enter an IP address manually. If no
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DHCP server has been detected running inside your local network,
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then pxesetup will start its own DHCP server (we need one). You will
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get the chance to define the IP address range which that internal
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DHCP server uses. You should check the lower and upper IP addresses
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carefully and verify that none of your local network's computers,
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including your local gateway, use an IP address in that DHCP range.
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If you spot a conflict, you can adjust these lower and upper bounds.
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Press 'Accept' once you are satisfied.
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In the SOURCE configuration stage, you determine where you have
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your local Slackware copy. This should be a complete directory
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tree including the packages, the kernels and the isolinux directory.
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The package sources are not needed and can be omitted from the medium
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if you are using a bootable USB stick for instance. The choices
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for SOURCE location are: a DVD medium, a local disk partition or
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a pre-mounted directory. These are the standard setup dialogs you
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will certainly know from installing Slackware. Be sure to enter the
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full directory path to (and including) the directory which contains
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the 'a', 'ap', 'd', ..., 'y' subdirectiries. You know the drill.
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When you are done configuring NETWORK and SOURCE, it is time to
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ACTIVATE your PXE server. The screen will show a live view of the
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server's connection log for client boot requests. This goes on
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until you press 'Exit' which will drop you back into the main menu
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after killing the PXE service. Selecting ACTIVATE will restart the
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PXE service. Computers who boot from your PXE server will see the
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usual Slackware installation routine. When it comes to selecting the
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SOURCE, these computers have one choice, and is the entry "Install
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from FTP/HTTP server". The PXE server offers Slackware packages to
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willing computers using its own internal HTTP server. The default
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values that you will see for the URL and the PATH input fields are
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being supplied by the PXE server and should not be changed.
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...WHEN YOU'RE DONE:
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EXIT: This leaves Slackware PXE Server setup.
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Have fun running this PXE server!
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---
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Eric Hameleers
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alien@slackware.com
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