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Fedora: How to setup PXE server

For setup a PXE server there are some prerequisites like : DHCP server, TFTP server, NFS server, syslinux . Server IP Address: 192.168.1.1 1. # yum install dhcp 2. # yum install tftp-server 3. # yum install syslinux Configure the TFTP server: # chkconfig tftp on # chkconfig xinetd on # service xinetd start Configure the NFS server: # cp -ra /media/Fedora(CD) /pub # vi /etc/exports / pub    *(rw,sync) # exportfs -a # chkconfig nfs on # chkconfig portmap on # service portmap start # service nfs start Make sure /pub/Fedora(CD) must have images directory. Syslinux : # find / -name pxelinux.0   /usr/share/syslinux/pxelinux.0 # cp /usr/share/syslinux/pxelinux.0 /var/lib/tftpboot # cp /media/Fedora(CD)/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz /var/lib/tftpboot # cp /media/Fedora(CD)/images/pxeboot/initrd.img /var/lib/tftpboot # cd /var/lib/tftpboot # mkdir pxelinux.cfg # vi pxelinux.cfg/default default install label install kernel vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.img

Ubuntu:How To make own slide show desktop

Become root : $ sudo -i Create a folder called "creative"( or whatever folder name you like) in /usr/share/backgrounds # cd /usr/share/backgrounds # mkdir creative In this folder put those wallpapers which you want in slideshow # cd creative # ls mountain-172v.jpg rai22m.jpg sunset-109a.jpg waterfalls-3a.jpg waterscapes-14v.jpg (source: www.santabanta.com)        4. Now put this xml code into file "background.xml"(or whatever name you like) in the same creative folder. <background> <starttime> <year>2011</year> <month>06</month> <day>07</day> <hour>00</hour> <minute>00</minute> <second>00</second> </starttime> <static> <duration>1200.0</duration> <file>/usr/share/backgrounds/creative/waterscapes-14v.jpg</file> </static> <transition> <duration>4.0</duration> <from>/usr/share/backgrounds