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Scientific Linux

Scientific Linux (SL) is a Linux distribution produced by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). It is a free and open source operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and aims to be "as close to the commercial enterprise distribution as we can get it."

Scientific Linux x86

Copy initrd.img , vmlinuz and the entire ISO to appropriate directory: (LOWER CASE ONLY!)

cp /mnt/cdrom/isolinux/vmlinuz /tftpboot/er/plugins/scilinux/i386/vmlinuz
cp /mnt/cdrom/isolinux/initrd.img /tftpboot/er/plugins/scilinux/i386/initrd.img
cp -R /mnt/cdrom/* /tftpboot/er/shares/scilinux/i386/

Scientific Linux x64

Copy initrd.img , vmlinuz and the entire ISO to appropriate directory: (LOWER CASE ONLY!)

cp /mnt/cdrom/isolinux/vmlinuz /tftpboot/er/plugins/scilinux/x86_64/vmlinuz
cp /mnt/cdrom/isolinux/initrd.img /tftpboot/er/plugins/scilinux/x86_64/initrd.img
cp -R /mnt/cdrom/* /tftpboot/er/shares/scilinux/x86_64/