Feb 03

Requirement:

Syslinux-2.10.zip from kernel.org (Here don’t booting a Linux kernel)

DHCP and TFTP Server software for windows (TFTPD32 Works well for this)

- Download tftpd32.273.zip from TFTPD Homepage

A DOS boot disk image (or a dos bootdisk that you wish to create an image from)

- A DOS boot disk with network support can be downloaded from NU2
Download ‘BFD full package v1.0.7.zip’ from NU2

- WinImage software for creating the boot disk image
Download winima61.exe from WinImage

Create image using Acronis.

Instructions:

1. Begin by downloading the software above into a temporary folder on the computer that will act as the PXE Server.

2. Create a folder on the server to use for hosting the necessary files. I created a folder on the C drive called tftpboot

3. Open Syslinux-2.10.zip with your favorite zip utility. We will need two files from the archive. Extract pxelinux.0 from the root directory of the zip file into your pxe folder (’c:\tftpboot’) Next, browse to the zip file’s subfolder memdisk and extract the file called ‘memdisk’ into your pxe folder.

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