[clug] PXE netbooting into a Debian Install

[Paul TBBle Hampson]

On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 11:04:32AM +1100, Michael James wrote:
> I've got a server without a CD
>  that I always PXE netboot to start an install.

> With SuSE I've got it sussed, copy the CD to an FTP or NFS server
>  and grab the right kernel and initrd into a tftp server.

> How do I do it for Debian?

Grab netboot.tar.gz from
http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/
(or your localler mirror)

Extract it into a directory somewhere, make it the tftproot and
PXE boot /pxelinux.0 from it.

(That's the Etch RC1 installer. I've used it a couple of times,
and it seems to work fine barring issues with the PPPoE scripts.)

Otherwise, grab netboot.tar.gz from
http://mirror.linux.org.au/pub/debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/
for the Sarge installer.

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