Re: Setting up a netboot server
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 12:10:35PM -0000, Pete Clarke wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I currently have a netboot server (tftp) for setting up Solaris
>> machines,
>> it is an Ultra 10 running Solaris 9.
>> I have a local mirror of the Debian archive, and currently use a netboot
>> CD image to boot x86 and Sparc workstations before installation over the
>> network.
>>
>> Solaris netboot/installation works fine - now, I want to expand this to
>> serve Debian installation images too - I can sort the tftp side of
>> things
>> (/etc/ethers /etc/hosts and the /tftpboot links) but am curious as to
>> what
>> extra software I need to install on the Solaris machine.
>>
>> Has anyone had any experience in this? I don't want to have to setup a
>> further tftp server specifically for the Debian installation if I can
>> possibly avoid it!
>> Basically I want to bypass the netboot CD image and get each new client
>> to
>> setup purely via the network.
>> the mirror is currently on a different machine to the tftp server.
>
> I would advice you to take a look at
> http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/ .
> It might be just what you want, just for debian.
>
Thats for the link - although I am not bothered by having to actually
install the OS - I just need some pointers as to what I need to include on
the tftp server to allow workstations to do a network boot for
installation.
Cheers
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