I often need to install OSs on Intel boxes, which frequently come without CDs or floppy these days. After some playing, here is how I use my PowerBook running OS X to do the job via pxeboot. The following example shows OpenBSD as the OS to install on the Intel box.
Read on for the step-by-step...
Here's what you need to do:
$ sudo /sbin/service bootps start
$ sudo /sbin/service tftp start$ tail -f /var/log/system.log
Sample output (line breaks added to narrow display):
Nov 29 14:40:53 utopia bootpd[26471]:
interface en0: ip 10.20.30.1 mask 255.255.255.0
Nov 29 14:40:53 utopia bootpd[26471]:
ni_pathsearch '/config/dhcp' failed: No such directory
Nov 29 14:40:53 utopia bootpd[26471]:
server name utopia
Nov 29 14:40:53 utopia bootpd[26471]:
subnets init using domain . failed: No such directory
Nov 29 14:40:57 utopia bootpd[26471]:
dd BOOTP request [en0]: xyz requested file ''
Nov 29 14:40:57 utopia bootpd[26471]:
reply sent xyz 10.20.30.2 pktsize 300Mac OS X Hints
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