Creating a network installation for the BladeCenter QS21

Perform these main steps to set up your network installation.

1. Install Linux on a POWER-based system
   Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.1 or Fedora 7 as usual.
2. Create or download a zImage with NFS support
   You must create or download a zImage with an initial RAM disk (initrd) that supports booting from NFS and install it.
3. Install the zImage
   After you have created or downloaded a zImage, you should install it.
4. Set up the root file system on the network
   Copy the root file system to the NFS server and make some changes to adapt it to an individual BladeCenter^® server.
5. Boot from the network
   You are now ready to boot your BladeCenter QS21 from the network.