Howto pxe install centos

first we install the following packages:

yum install xinetd dhcp vsftpd syslinux syslinux-tftpboot bind-chroot system-config-kickstart tftp tftp-server -y

configure your network ip address as static:

create dhcpd config file:

#
# DHCP Server Configuration file.
#   see /usr/share/doc/dhcp*/dhcpd.conf.sample
#   see 'man 5 dhcpd.conf'
# Global Options

Allow booting;
Allow bootp;
authoritative;

# Subnet definition
subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
# Parameters for the local subnet
option routers               192.168.1.254;
option subnet-mask           255.255.255.0;
option domain-name           "example.com";
option domain-name-servers   192.168.1.254;
default-lease-time           21600;
max-lease-time               43200;
# Client IP range
range dynamic-bootp 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.200;
filename  "pxelinux.0";
next-server  192.168.1.254;
}