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How to build a boot server

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 15, 2009

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]

“I will do this for both debian and centos. The last
part of the article will show you how to add more OSes to the
server.

“By the end if this article you will have a boot server that
will provide installation media for :

* Debian (i386 and amd64)
* CentOS 5.3 (i386 and amd64)
* Memtest86+
* DBAN
* Ghost4Unix

“Now lets start.

“You will need to install all the needed packages

Debian : apt-get install dhcp3-server tftpd-hpa
CentOS : yum install tftp-server dhcp”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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