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Bigfoot65: /* Step 3: Edit the PXELinux Configuration */

2019-02-01T01:33:27Z

Step 3: Edit the PXELinux Configuration

Bigfoot65: /* Step 1: Install amahi-netboot */

2019-02-01T01:32:11Z

Step 1: Install amahi-netboot

Steven Mirabito: Fixed download link.

2012-08-28T20:37:47Z

Fixed download link.

Steven Mirabito at 21:40, 30 June 2012

2012-06-30T21:40:39Z

Steven Mirabito at 21:40, 30 June 2012

2012-06-30T21:40:29Z

Steven Mirabito at 21:39, 30 June 2012

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Steven Mirabito at 21:38, 30 June 2012

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Steven Mirabito at 20:54, 30 June 2012

2012-06-30T20:54:22Z

Steven Mirabito at 19:00, 30 June 2012

2012-06-30T19:00:20Z

Steven Mirabito: Created page with "{{WorkInProgress}} {{AdvancedUsers}}"

2012-06-30T17:21:47Z

Created page with "{{WorkInProgress}} {{AdvancedUsers}}"

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 Back in your console window, execute the following (feel free to replace nano with your console text editor of choice):
-{{Code|
+ cd /usr/share/amahi-netboot/tftp/pxelinux.cfg/
-cd /usr/share/amahi-netboot/tftp/pxelinux.cfg/
+ nano default
 At the bottom of the file, paste in the following:
-{{Code|
+<pre>LABEL ubcd
          MENU LABEL Ultimate Boot CD
          KERNEL menu.c32
-         APPEND images/ubcd/menus/main.cfg
+         APPEND images/ubcd/menus/main.cfg</pre>
 Make sure there aren't any "." or other characters at the beginning or end of that block once you've pasted it; occasionally text copied from this wiki suffers from this. If you've done it correctly, the file should look something like this:

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 From your HDA's console, execute the following as root:
-{{Code| yum -y install amahi-netboot}}
+ yum -y install amahi-netboot
 If you've already installed this package, simply continue to step 2.

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 = Step 2: Download the Ultimate Boot CD =
-Next, download the Ultimate Boot CD package [http://d-h.st/jXK here].
+Next, download the Ultimate Boot CD package [https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1226885/amahi/ubcd.zip here].
 From here, you have two options:

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 For simplicity's sake, let's go with option two. Unzip the ZIP file you downloaded, then open your favorite SFTP client, such as [http://filezilla-project.org/ FileZilla], and connect to your HDA like so (this assumes that you are able to access your HDA using http://hda/ in your browser; if you can't, replace "hda" with your HDA's IP address):
-IMAGE - TK
+[[File:Filezilla_connect.png]]
 Once you're connected, navigate to /usr/share/amahi-netboot/tftp/ in the "Remote Site" tree, create the folder "images" within "tftp", then create the folder "ubcd" within "images" as shown below:
-IMAGE - TK
+[http://wiki.amahi.org/images/a/a8/Filezilla_create_directory.gif Click here to view]
 Once you're in the directory, upload the contents of the ZIP you downloaded. Once you're done, it should look like this:
-IMAGE - TK
+[[File:Filezilla_upload_complete.png]]
 = Step 3: Edit the PXELinux Configuration =
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 At the bottom of the file, paste in the following:
-CODE - TK
+{{Code|
 Make sure there aren't any "." or other characters at the beginning or end of that block once you've pasted it; occasionally text copied from this wiki suffers from this. If you've done it correctly, the file should look something like this:
-IMAGE - TK
+[[File:Putty_edit_config.png]]
 Press CTRL+O and ENTER to save the file, then CTRL+X to exit nano.
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 If you've done everything correctly, you should now be able to boot up your computer using the network boot option and select "Ultimate Boot CD" from the menu:
-IMAGE - TK
+[[File:Virtualbox_netboot_menu.png]]

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		+	<ins>What is the Ultimate Boot CD?</ins>
		+
		+	Ultimate Boot CD (or UBCD) is a bootable recovery CD (live CD) that contains software used for repairing, restoring, and diagnosing many computer problems.
		+
		+	<ins>Prerequisites:</ins>
		+	*A working Amahi HDA with amahi-netboot installed (see [[Amahi Netboot for noobs]])
		+
		+	= Step 1: Install amahi-netboot =
		+
		+	From your HDA's console, execute the following as root:
		+	{{Code\| yum -y install amahi-netboot}}
		+	If you've already installed this package, simply continue to step 2.
		+
		+	= Step 2: Download the Ultimate Boot CD =
		+
		+	Next, download the Ultimate Boot CD package [http://d-h.st/jXK here].
		+
		+	From here, you have two options:
		+	* You can transfer the entire ZIP to the HDA and unzip it on the HDA
		+	* You can unzip the downloaded ZIP on your computer and upload the resulting files to your HDA
		+
		+	For simplicity's sake, let's go with option two. Unzip the ZIP file you downloaded, then pen your favorite SFTP client, such as [http://filezilla-project.org/ FileZilla], and connect to your HDA like so (this assumes that you are able to access your HDA using http://hda/ in your browser; if you can't, replace "hda" with your HDA's IP address):
		+
		+	IMAGE - TK
		+
		+	Once you're connected, navigate to /usr/share/amahi-netboot/tftp/ in the "Remote Site" tree, create the folder "images" within "tftp", then create the folder "ubcd" within "images" as shown below:
		+
		+	IMAGE - TK
		+
		+	Once you're in the directory, upload the contents of the ZIP you downloaded.
		+
		+	= Step 3: Edit the PXELinux Configuration =