How to Create a PXE Configuration File for SuSe Linux OS Provisioning

To deploy non-JET SuSe Linux images to your target hosts, you need to manually create a PXE configuration file. This file contains parameters specific to each hardware platform and SuSe Linux distribution.

Steps

1. In a text editor, create a file with the following text.

   default sles
   serial 0 9600
   label sles
   kernel linux
   append console=ttyS0,9600 load_ramdisk=1 initrd=initrd textmode=1

   Where:

   • The first line (default) indicates to use label sles and do a AutoYaST installation

   • The third line (label) defines a label sles.

   • The fourth line (kernel) identifies the kernel to load. The path is relative to pxelinux.0.

   • The fifth line (append) contains a series of network configuration parameters. The append parameters must be all on one line. The specific parameters shown here are as follows:

     console=ttyS0,9600 specify console parameters to show the installation output on the console. The parameters vary depending on the target hardware platform.

     load_ramdisk indicates to use initrd for the RAM disk. The path for the RAM disk is relative to pxelinux.0

2. Save this file to the pxelinux.cfg subdirectory of the TFTP root directory on the boot and install server.

   If you want to support provisioning of multiple releases of the SuSe Linux OS, assign a unique name to this file, such as sles9.cfg