Bug 714655

Summary:	Erroneous instructions in Fedora Installation guide to configure PXE server.
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora Documentation	Reporter:	Amitakhya Phukan <aphukan>
Component:	install-guide	Assignee:	Petr Bokoc <pbokoc>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Ruediger Landmann <rlandman+disabled>
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Version:	devel	CC:	aphukan, me, pbokoc, rlandman, zach
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Description Amitakhya Phukan 2011-06-20 11:00:50 UTC

Description of problem:

I want to know how to configure PXE server for Fedora installation. The guide doesn't give a complete idea.

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The guide contains diagrams from RHEL 4. Please update the diagrams to the current ones. The steps mentioned are not the same as happens in real way. There are lots of errors and as a result, I could not configure PXE server in Fedora 15.

Expected results:
The guide should be incomplete and error free and updated.

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Comment 1 Karsten Wade 2011-12-14 03:47:51 UTC

Removing myself for these bug components as I'm either no longer involved in that aspect of the project, or no longer care to watch this particular bug. Sorry if you are caught in a maelstrom of bug changes as a result!

Comment 2 Jack Reed 2012-04-03 04:21:13 UTC

Hi Amitakhya,

Thanks for reporting this. Yes, the PXE section of the guide has needed work. I've added configuration instructions for BIOS and EFI systems, ready for F17, which you can view in commit 616443c28d7d9f50ced4ae9484284089e5e27c31

The 'Adding PXE Hosts' section, with the old RHEL figures you mention, is clearly misplaced though. It's a mid-procedure GUI step in a section dominated by command line and config file tasks.

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/16/html/Installation_Guide/s1-netboot-add-hosts.html

Peter, this section is not in the RHEL Installation Guide. Is it still required?

If so, what can we provide instead? I assume it will involve the command line or modifying a config file. 

Any advice you can give would be much appreciated.

Comment 3 Jack Reed 2012-04-05 01:48:34 UTC

Peter Jones has confirmed that 'Adding PXE Hosts' can be removed, because the new configuration instructions cover the same ground.

Consequently, section 13.5, 'Manually configure a PXE server', is ready for the F17 version of the guide.