Creating a pxe-usb

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Creating a PXE USB to boot to the menu

• Step 1: Connect to steamboat using your netid and get root

ssh netid@steamboat.engr.unr.edu
sudo su

• Step 2: Connect to tinkerbell

ssh root@tinkerbell.engr.unr.edu -i /srv/ansible/.ssh/coen-ansible

• Step 3: Go to /opt/ipxe/build/ipxe

cd /opt/ipxe/build/ipxe

• Step 4: copy it to your home directory in steamboat

scp netboot.engr.usb netid@steamboat.engr.unr.edu:~/

• Step 5: Go back to local machine and copy from steamboat to local

scp netid@steamboat.engr.unr.edu:~/netboot.engr.usb ~/

• Step 6: Find which device is the USB

fdisk -l

• Step 7: Copy onto a usb

dd if=~/netboot.engr.usb of=/dev/sdX bs=4M
replace sdX with which device the USB is

• Step 8: Test it!