On 16/09/10 08:24, Neil Greenwood wrote: > On 15 September 2010 19:44, Jacob Mansfield<cyberja...@gmail.com> wrote: >> surely I could just put the live CD onto my working ubuntu desktop and do a >> PXE boot to it >> > > You would need to set up the infrastructure that will supply the PXE > boot information to the netbook. > > I've not done this, but I think you need: > - a DHCP server > - a TFTP server > - an NFS or HTTP server > - a boot kernel and initrd that will let the netbook connect to the > NFS or HTTP server > > You would then need configuration to supply the PXE information to the > netbook when it makes the DHCP request, and share the CD, and point > the boot kernel/initrd to the shared CD, and...
I found the easiest way to get something to PXE boot was to boot the Edubuntu DVD on another machine on the network. It has the ability to boot remote hosts from itself, but I can't remember if what you get after you've booted has the installer software on it. I would think it does. There was one bug I hit which was easy to fix - it picks up the wrong network device name if you use it from a machine with only one network port. Putting eth0 in the config sorted that. I was just using it to demonstrate the sort of thing you can do with Ubuntu, and I have to say it did impress those who saw it boot one machine from one of their other machines without me installing any software. -- JimP -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
