Net-install service » History » Version 1
Bruno STEVANT, 07/19/2018 02:18 PM
1 | 1 | Bruno STEVANT | h1. Net-install service |
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3 | 1 | Bruno STEVANT | The Net-install service enables the Linux system installation by booting from the local network (PXE). This service is available on the VLAN51 (private lab network). |
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5 | 1 | Bruno STEVANT | h2. Using the service |
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7 | 1 | Bruno STEVANT | # Connect the computer to a ethernet plug configured to use the VLAN51 |
8 | 1 | Bruno STEVANT | # Boot the computer by choosing Network Boot |
9 | 1 | Bruno STEVANT | # The computer should boot by showing a blue menu (Note: several tries may be needed, depending of the delay for the network switch to enable the ethernet port for your machine) |
10 | 1 | Bruno STEVANT | # Choose which system you want to install |
11 | 1 | Bruno STEVANT | # Follow OS install procedure |
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13 | 1 | Bruno STEVANT | TODO: Explain systems alternatives (serial/gtk preseed) |
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15 | 1 | Bruno STEVANT | Note: each Debian (and Ubuntu?) installed system is set up for using the lab mirror for packages installation. You may disable this by editing /etc/apt/apt.conf |
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17 | 1 | Bruno STEVANT | h2. Administration |
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19 | 1 | Bruno STEVANT | * The service is hosted by the server netboot.ipv6.enstb.fr (VM on virtualc5-3 KVM hypervisor). Login to this server is adminrsm. |
20 | 1 | Bruno STEVANT | * The netboot service is enabled using dnsmasq, with configuration located in /etc/dnsmasq.d/01_netinstall.conf |
21 | 1 | Bruno STEVANT | * The different installable systems images are located in /srv/tftp/netboot-installer |
22 | 1 | Bruno STEVANT | * Systems images can be added/removed by adding entries in /srv/tftp/netboot-installer/pxelinux.cfg/installer-entries |
23 | 1 | Bruno STEVANT | * Systems images may need to be updated (when kernel modules have been updated) : |
24 | 1 | Bruno STEVANT | ** Look for installer mirror in /srv/tftp/netboot-installer/installers.txt |
25 | 1 | Bruno STEVANT | ** Download MIRROR-URL/installer-{ARCH}/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz |
26 | 1 | Bruno STEVANT | ** Unpack in /srv/tftp/netboot-installer/{DIST}-{ARCH}/netboot |