
Appendix B Using the Tools & Drivers CD B-7
B.4 Booting the Tools & Drivers CD From a
PXE Server
If you have a Sun Fire X2250 server that does not have a DVD drive, you can run the
Pc-Check diagnostics and flash the BIOS from a Preboot Execution Environment
(PXE) server.
The following topics are included in this section:
■ Section B.4.1, “Setting up the Tools & Drivers CD Image on the PXE Server” on
page B-7
■ Section B.4.2, “Accessing the Tools & Drivers CD From the Target Sun Fire X2250
Server” on page B-10
B.4.1 Setting up the Tools & Drivers CD Image on the
PXE Server
You will need the following to set up the PXE server:
■ Red Hat KickStart server with a CD or DVD drive
Instructions for setting up the Red Hat KickStart server can be found in the system
administration guides for Red Hat Enterprise Linux:
■ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 manual at
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/
RHEL-3-Manual/sysadmin-guide/
■ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 manual at
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/
RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/
■ Sun Fire X2250 Server Tools & Drivers CD
■ MEMDISK kernel from the SYSLINUX project. Access this kernel at
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/
B.4.1.1 Setting Up the PXE Server
1. Log in to the PXE server as root (superuser).
2. Determine the directory where the Red Hat image is installed on the PXE server.
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