On the Bootleg host imager

Procedure 72.  Booting from PXE

1. Computer is powered up and boots into BIOS ROM

2. BIOS boots into PXE ROM

3. 1. PXE does DHCP request

   2. DHCP server responds with

      • IP number

      • TFTP server to contact

      • (possibly) directory to fetch from

      • and PXE executable to fetch there (i.c.pxelinux.0) ^[38]

4. PXE boots into PXE executable

5. PXE executable fetches configuration from TFTP server ^{[39] [40]}

6. PXE executable determines from the configuration file

   • which kernel to fetch

   • which boot parameters to set (if any)

   • which RAMdisk to fetch (if any)

   It fetches the kernel and the RAMdisk, and boots into them

   The system has been booted.