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== What happens ==

# System boots. 
# System looks for a DHCP server.
# System requests IP and some other settings from DHCP server.
# If it gets them, it looks for a tftp file server
# If it finds one, it asks for a file.
# The server delivers a bootable kernel image.
# System runs a boot script after loading the kernel.
# The boot script tells it to get more files from the tftp server.

== Packages that need to be installed ==

You need a dhcp server and a tftp server. The Ubuntu packages that I use
are called "dhcp-server" and "tftpd-hpa". To test the tftp server, I also use
"tftp-hpa".

More later...
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brian@wildsong.biz

== Relevant configuration bits in /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf ==

 allow booting;
 allow bootp;

  host otter-wan {
    hardware ethernet 00:10:c6:10:7c:35;
    fixed-address 192.168.123.101;

  # pxeboot stuff
    next-server 192.168.123.131;  # address of tftp server
    filename "/pxelinux.0";       # file to send via tftp
  }