Zipped the file is about 1 GB so it is quite large. It will not be entered into the Virtual Appliance Challenge. Here are some notes from the readme file.
http://www.cygem.com/downloads/PXE-FC4_Readme.pdf We will try to keep the PDF on the website as the most up to date.
Partial Read Me File Contents
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\- All files/applications used for this Virtual Appliance are publicly available. Most, if not
all, applications in this virtual appliance use the GNU public license. Therefore, if there is
a specific set of files/image that you would like that are not here, they may not have been
accessible via a public license. However, I have included instructions on adding further
images to the virtual appliance that you may have licenses for.
\- This virtual appliance is for the use of network boot access. This can include
network installations, using floppy based utilities, diskless thin clients, etc.
\- The benefits
o You do not need to carry a set of floppies/CDs with you when you work
on machines within your organization
o You always install/work from the same images increasing consistency
with the tools and installations.
o Installation or loading of floppy utilities is much faster than from CD or
Floppy.
o Data is more reliable. No bad floppies or scratched CDs
o If you have remote console access, you can do these activities remotely.
\- What you need
o The PXE Virtual Appliance Files and a VMWare machine to install them
on.
o Existing DHCP server that gives out addresses on the network segment
you are using.
o No other PXE servers on the same network segment.
o The FC4 DVD ISO files in their structure on an FTP server. DVD ISO is
only available from one of the mirror sites.
http://fedora.redhat.com/Download/mirrors.html
o Any other bootable images that you would like to include as options.
\- What the PXE Virtual Appliance includes
o Installed OS – Linux Redhat Fedora Core 4
o PXE Application installed and configured.
o Files to start the Installation of X86 Fedora Core 4 via PXE (this works
well)
o A FreeDos system boot (just like using a floppy. It just boots, no network
drivers or utilities at this time)
o Thin Client Boot from PXES (This has mixed results. RDP works good)
o Template for adding more images
o VMWare Tools
\- Security is not strong on this. It is expected that the PXE appliance will be behind
a strong firewall without exposure to the internet. No security updates have been
installed. It was installed with SE(Security Enhanced) Linux but not the Firewall.
There are no accounts other than “root” on this appliance and it is expected that
the end user change the password of the root account. The default password is
“password”.
