with Oracle Linux) tftp tftp-server dhcpd In my case building the VM, I need to load the tftp, tftp server, and dhcpd. I downloaded the rpm packages from here . Install the rpm packages as follows: [root@oraELR5-2 rpm_packages]# rpm -i dhcp-3.0.5-23.el5_5.2.i386.rpm [root@oraELR5-2 rpm_packages]# rpm -i tftp-server-0.49-2.i386.rpm [root@oraELR5-2 rpm_packages]# rpm -i tftp-0.49-2.i386.rpm