Re: PXE install, without internet?
On 12/01/14 13:48, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> On 1/11/2014 5:57 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>> On 11/01/14 22:07, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>>> On 1/11/2014 4:40 AM, Артур Истомин wrote:
>>>> On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 01:21:30PM +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote:
>>>>> Hey folks,
>>>>> I managed to convince my staff to switch to debian from windoze, and they
>>>>> agreed. So I managed to install a PXE server and successfully booted debian
>>>>> installer simultaneously on 20 machines using dhcp server.
>>>>>
>>>>> But they required an active internet connection to fetch packages over a
>>>>> mirror, and the bandwidth was very low, so at then end of the day, only one
>>>>> PC was able to set up.
>>>>>
>>>>> So is there a way to boot an entire 4gb dvd-iso from a server, so that I
>>>>> can install it on PC connected on a network??
>>>>
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>>>
>>> Yes, with 20 machines to install via PXE boot, setting up a local mirror
>>> is the best method by far.
>
>> Mirror means even packages *not* required, apt-caching allows a local
>> repository of only the packages that are actually required, with the
>> additional benefits of handling multiple releases and repostories.
>
> I was using the term "mirror" much more loosely here, in the old
> installer terminology. I.e. "select your mirror". I.e. simply copy the
> source files from the DVD he already has and export the proper directory
> tree structure via an httpd.
'Thought it odd you'd advocate setting up a repo. mirror as an answer to
the OP's problem. Thanks for clarifying. 20 machines won't put to much
load on a simple http share, especially as they may not all be booting
simultaneously - for more nodes than that (without considering long term
repo. access requirements) I'd suggest replacing a simple HTTP server
with SLAMD and PXE with GPXE.
I suspect apt-cacher-ng is the best long-term solution for the OP or I'd
have suggested just adding the entire DVD repo. to the TFTP directory
used by PXE.
Kind regards
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