How to Create the SIA Image and Prepare for PXE Boot

1. Preconfigure your network to support a Linux-based PXE server network installation.

   You may refer to the Linux distribution documentation for more information on configuring a PXE server.

2. In the PXE Linux directory, create a new subdirectory for the SIA image(s).

   On a Linux system, for example, the following command line creates a subdirectory for suninstall images:

   # mkdir /home/pxeboot/suninstall

3. Insert the SIA CD/DVD into a CD/DVD drive of a Linux-based PXE server and mount the CD/DVD.
4. Copy the vmlinuz (the bootable Linux kernel) and initrd (initial ram disk) files from the SIA CD/DVD to the suninstall subdirectory that you created.

   Use the correct path to the mounted CD image. This example uses /mnt/cdrom:

   # cp /mnt/cdrom/boot/isolinux/vmlinuz /home/pxeboot/suninstall
   # cp /mnt/cdrom/boot/isolinux/initrd.img /home/pxeboot/suninstall

5. Use an editor to add the following SIA references to the pxelinux.cfg/default file that is stored in the /home/pxeboot directory.

   default suninstall
   label suninstall
   kernel suninstall/vmlinuz
   append initrd=suninstall/initrd.img vga=0x314 ramdisk_size=900000 root=/dev/ram netboot

   Type the append command line from append initrd= to netboot as one continuous string with no returns.

6. Save the file, and then unmount and remove the SIA CD/DVD from the CD/DVD drive.

   You image is now ready to be booted from.