I am pondering reinstalling a CentOS Linux server remotely, by installing CentOS' installer into /boot (GRUB) as per this tutorial:
ganesh.me: Install Linux Servers Remotely
I notice that there are two different versions of vmlinuz and initrd.img in the CentOS 6 distribution:
What is each one for?
Best Answer
I think that the /isolinux/ ones are for booting a live CD using ISOLINUX, whereas the pxeboot ones are for booting CentOS from a PXE server. PXE booting is when you obtain the kernel and initrd from another server using a TFTP client built into the network interface. Typically you'll see something like "Network Boot" in the boot list in your BIOS.