

We'll boot Debian Live on the client PC as an example. Some steps will require being logged in as an administrator on the Mac. You'll need the Mac, a PXE-capable PC, and an ethernet cable.

(The NFS server may be optional, depending on the operating system we are booting.) We will configure OS X's built-in DHCP, TFTP, and NFS servers, start the servers, and put the client boot files in place. Here is how to set up a Mac, running OS X Client 10.5 or later, as a PXE boot server.
