pxe-boot¶

Description¶

The Preboot eXecution Environment specification describes as standardized client-server environment that boots a software assembly, retrieved from a network, on PXE-enabled clients. More details in wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment

Maintainer¶

naresh.kamboju@linaro.org

OS¶

debian
ubuntu
centos
fedora

Scope¶

functional

Devices¶

d02
d03
d05
overdrive
moonshot
thunderX

Steps to reproduce¶

In order to have a working PXE environment, DHCP and TFTP server is required
Setup the DHCP and TFTP Server on your host machine https://github.com/Linaro/documentation/blob/master/Reference-Platform/EECommon/DHCP-TFTP-Server-UEFI.md
Provision TFTP with latest CentOS/Debian installer
Create the Grub2 config file pointing to new installer build files
On target board make sure to select network boot
Reboot the target board