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Network Install PXE/BootP/TFTP
Im trying to help my professor at school, were trying to setup a linux server, that is configured with bootp/tftp/PXE. the client computer NICs have support to boot off PXE. What we would like to do is if a client computer does not have an OS, it would boot off the server, and display a menu to the end user, the menu will display a list of Operating Systems to install on the local system, including Slackware, Redhat, Mandrake, Freebsd, Windows 2000, etc. The end user just has to pick one and it will bring up the installation of that OS on the local computer and will get all the files that it needs to install from the file server, the file server will be running samba, nfs, ftp, httpd. How would i go about setting this type of envroment up. thankyou =)
 
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ltsp-update-kernels

ltsp-update-kernels(8)					      System Manager's Manual					    ltsp-update-kernels(8)

NAME

       ltsp-update-kernels - Copy LTSP chroot kernels to TFTP directories.

SYNOPSIS

       ltsp-update-kernels [OPTION] [CHROOT...]

DESCRIPTION

       ltsp-update-kernels  copies  the  boot/ directory from LTSP chroots to the TFTP directories in order to make them available to PXE clients.
       Copying kernels from inside NBD images is also supported.  CHROOT can be a full path or a subdirectory of the /opt/ltsp base directory, and
       if it's unset, all available chroots are processed.

OPTIONS

       -b --base=
	      The LTSP base directory. Defaults to "/opt/ltsp".

       -h --help
	      The application help page.

SEE ALSO

       ltsp-build-client(8), ltsp-update-image(8), ltsp-update-sshkeys(8).

AVAILABILITY

       ltsp-update-kernels is part of ltsp package and the latest versions are available in source form from https://launchpad.net/ltsp.

MAN PAGE AUTHOR

       Copyright  2012 Alkis Georgopoulos <alkisg@gmail.com>, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later
       version.

								    2012-05-29						    ltsp-update-kernels(8)