Obtain the SIA PXE Image Files

You can download or create a sia_netboot.zip file that contains all you need to setup an SIA boot image in your PXE environment. This zip file will contain:

• vmlinuz (Linux bootable kernel)

• netboot.img (bootable SIA image)

• Version (version information about sia_netboot)

• sample_pxe.cfg (sample code to be inserted into your pxelinux.cfg file)

Once obtained, the sia_netboot.zip file must be extracted to the appropriate directory on the TFTP server.

To obtain sia_netboot.zip, do one of the following:

• Download sia_netboot.zip by navigating to your server on the Oracle download site:

  http://www.sun.com/systemmanagement/sia.jsp

  —Or—

• Create the sia_netboot.zip file from the latest SIA (version 2.3 or later) DVD on a Linux system, as follows:

  1. Mount the SIA DVD.

  2. From the command line, navigate to the root of the DVD.

  3. From the root of the DVD run the following script file:

     # ./generate-netboot.img.sh -o /tmp/sia_netboot.zip

     Follow the prompts to create the sia_netboot.zip file.