Appendix B Using the Tools & Drivers CD B-7
B.4 Booting the Tools & Drivers CD FromaPXE 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
pageB-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

Youwill need the following to set up the PXE server:
■Red Hat KickStart server with a CD or DVD drive
Instructionsfor setting up the Red HatKickStart 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.