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### Obtain the SIA PXE Image Files

You can download or create a `sia_netboot.zip` file that contains all you need to setup an SIA boot image in your PXE environment. This zip file will contain:

- `vmlinuz` (Linux bootable kernel)

- `netboot.img` (bootable SIA image)

- `Version` (version information about sia_netboot)

- `sample_pxe.cfg` (sample code to be inserted into your pxelinux.cfg file)

Once obtained, the `sia_netboot.zip` file must be extracted to the appropriate directory on the TFTP server.

To obtain `sia_netboot.zip`, do one of the following:

- Download `sia_netboot.zip` by navigating to your server on the Oracle download site:

  http://www.sun.com/systemmanagement/sia.jsp

  —Or—

- Create the `sia_netboot.zip` file from the latest SIA (version 2.3 or later) DVD on a Linux system, as follows:

  1. Mount the SIA DVD.

  2. From the command line, navigate to the root of the DVD.

  3. From the root of the DVD run the following script file:

     `# ./generate-netboot.img.sh -o /tmp/sia_netboot.zip`

     Follow the prompts to create the `sia_netboot.zip` file.

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