PXE instillation of Fedora

[Aaron Gray]

On 14 March 2011 01:47, Mark LaPierre <marklapier at aol.com> wrote:

> On 03/13/2011 09:36 PM, Aaron Gray wrote:
> > Since these HP ProLiant DL150's dont have CD's, I need to do a PXE
> > instillation from another Fedora box.
> >
> > Does anyone have a link to proper instructions on how to do this. I have
> > looked at quite a few instructions but non that outline the Fedora files
> > necessary to be put under /tftpboot on the server.
> >
> > Also it says on the ProLiant documentation that you only need tfpd and
> > bootp and not full DHCP ?
> >
> > Any advice welcome, particularly if you have done a PXE instillation of
> > Fedora.
> >
> > Many thanks in advance,
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> Hey Aaron,
>
> You might not have to use PXE to do a remote install.
>
> I used to mount a copy of the install .iso file using loopback and then
> share it out using NFS.  Then all you need to do is boot up the target
> system with a network install image, on a USB key, floppy disk, etc...
>
> When the installer asks for the location of the install media give it
> the network address of the .iso image on the NFS server.
>
> I had several different distributions set up on my FTP server.  My
> friend would come over and plug into my network and install whatever
> flavor he wanted on his laptop that lacked a CD/DVD drive the same way
> you have no drive.
>

Ah right, if the ProLiant has DL140 has a USB drive option then that will be
great, many thanks,

Aaron



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