How to Configure the NFS Service on Your PXE Server

1. Determine whether the NFS service package is already installed on the server.

   # rpm -qa | grep nfs-utils

2. If the NFS service package is not listed, install it from the Linux distribution media (you can use grep to find the nfs-utils rpm for Oracle Linux or RHEL, and nfs-kernel-server rpm for SLES).
3. Add the following line to the /etc/exports file and save it:

   /home/pxeboot *(no_root_squash,no_subtree_check,insecure)

4. Start the NFS service:

   # service nfs start

5. Configure the server to always start the NFS service:

   # chkconfig nfs on

   # chkconfig nfslock on

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   Note - If you are using a DNS server, verify that DNS entries exist for the range of addresses defined in the PXE subnet dynamic-bootp entry in the dhcpd.conf file. If you are not using a DNS server, edit the /etc/hosts file to add the range of host addresses found in the PXE subnet dynamic-bootp entry in the dhcpd.conf file.

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