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| + | == How to Run Netboot == | ||
We were able to develop this integration of what used to be PXEKnife, but it's better named as Amahi Netboot, to provide the feature of booting multiple CD/DVD images over the network. | We were able to develop this integration of what used to be PXEKnife, but it's better named as Amahi Netboot, to provide the feature of booting multiple CD/DVD images over the network. | ||
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vi /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default | vi /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default | ||
| − | + | == Example Configuration == | |
| − | === Things that can boot from Amahi Netboot | + | Suppose that you want to boot a Linux OS over the network, say Fedora 22. |
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| + | This is the configuration you need in /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default | ||
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| + | label linux | ||
| + | menu label Install or upgrade Fedora 22 | ||
| + | menu default | ||
| + | kernel fedora22/vmlinuz | ||
| + | append initrd=fedora22/initrd.img repo=<nowiki>http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/22/Workstation/x86_64/os</nowiki> | ||
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| + | Then you need two files (vmlinuz and initrd.img) inside a directory called fedora22: | ||
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| + | cd /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/ | ||
| + | mkdir fedora22 | ||
| + | cd fedora22 | ||
| + | wget <nowiki>http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/22/Workstation/x86_64/os/isolinux/vmlinuz</nowiki> | ||
| + | wget <nowiki>http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/22/Workstation/x86_64/os/isolinux/initrd.img</nowiki> | ||
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| + | With that configuration, you should be able to boot Fedora 22 off your network and install from it! | ||
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| + | If course, rather then the repo being remote, you can also install from a local repo. For example, if you can make the one form the CD/DVD available in the file system, or via a local web server (e.g. a simple web app pointing to the repo). The configuration will need to change accordingly. See more examples of [https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/19/html/Installation_Guide/s1-netboot-pxe-config.html PXE Boot Configuration] | ||
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| + | == Things that can boot from Amahi Netboot == | ||
* [http://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Netboot_Ultimate_Boot_CD Ultimate Boot CD] | * [http://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Netboot_Ultimate_Boot_CD Ultimate Boot CD] | ||
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* [http://www.clonezilla.org Clonezilla] | * [http://www.clonezilla.org Clonezilla] | ||
| − | + | == Amahi Applications in Testing == | |
* [http://www.amahi.org/apps/clonezilla Clonezilla] | * [http://www.amahi.org/apps/clonezilla Clonezilla] | ||
* [http://www.amahi.org/apps/damn-small-linux Damn Small Linux] | * [http://www.amahi.org/apps/damn-small-linux Damn Small Linux] | ||
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Contents
How to Run Netboot
We were able to develop this integration of what used to be PXEKnife, but it's better named as Amahi Netboot, to provide the feature of booting multiple CD/DVD images over the network.
Please take it for a spin:
It should not break your HDA and as a little example of what this can do, we included the famous memtest86+ memory test. See if you can run it by booting off the network after you install the package:
yum -y install amahi-netboot
If this works well, we will be able to package other things as apps that are net-bootable!
Edit to add boot entries:
vi /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
Example Configuration
Suppose that you want to boot a Linux OS over the network, say Fedora 22.
This is the configuration you need in /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
label linux menu label Install or upgrade Fedora 22 menu default kernel fedora22/vmlinuz append initrd=fedora22/initrd.img repo=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/22/Workstation/x86_64/os
Then you need two files (vmlinuz and initrd.img) inside a directory called fedora22:
cd /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/ mkdir fedora22 cd fedora22 wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/22/Workstation/x86_64/os/isolinux/vmlinuz wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/22/Workstation/x86_64/os/isolinux/initrd.img
With that configuration, you should be able to boot Fedora 22 off your network and install from it!
If course, rather then the repo being remote, you can also install from a local repo. For example, if you can make the one form the CD/DVD available in the file system, or via a local web server (e.g. a simple web app pointing to the repo). The configuration will need to change accordingly. See more examples of PXE Boot Configuration
Things that can boot from Amahi Netboot
Amahi Applications in Testing
- Clonezilla
- Damn Small Linux
- gParted
- Redo Backup and Recovery
- RIPLinuX
- xPUD
- Ubuntu Install
- Debian Linux Install
Also see Amahi Netboot for noobs
