[EdLUG] PXE boot solutions

[Geetam]

No need to create a special distribution iso. The process would be:
1. Dhcp - tftp - PXE boot
2. Run install script (in Red Hat or Centos it is called kickstart script
3. Script points to a (standard) distribution iso and specifies disk
config, list packages to install and post-install commands.

The work is in setting up Dhcp - tftp - PXE boot and creating script (s).
Personally I have only done kickstart scripts in an environment that has a
working Dhcp - tftp - PXE boot environment.

I hope that helps
Geetam

On Tuesday, 17 March 2015, Christian Einfeldt <einfeldt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am the Executive Director of a very small non-profit called
> Partimus.org.  We put Linux computers in public schools here in the San
> Francisco Bay Area.  We are currently working on creating a pre-seed distro
> that we can use to mass install a Ubuntu variant (probably Lubuntu) over
> the network.  The Linux guru who was responsible for doing that task has
> left our organization, and we need a volunteer who can do it.  This is a
> project that can be handled remotely.  In other words, someone on this list
> who is familiar with making PXE-bootable disks could probably cobble
> together a PXE-bootable .iso, and then we would deploy it in a Linux lab in
> a public school out there.
>
> But let me also state that I am a very low level Linux sys admin.  My role
> in Partimus.org is that of cheerleader.  I know about 20 BASH commands and
> that is it.  I tried to learn Python once, and found out that I suck at
> it.  But I do get the power of FOSS, and I am enthusiastic about it, and I
> have used FOSS for 15 years in my business as an attorney and insurance
> agent.  What that means is that I have an idea that I am throwing out there
> to see if it will work.  I know that this might be a task for which someone
> might ordinarily be paid, so I don't mean to insult anyone by asking for
> this volunteer effort.  Partimus.org is a small non-profit that has no paid
> staff and is 100% volunteers at this time.  Thanks!
>
> Christian Einfeldt,
> Executive Director,
> Partimus.org
>
>
> --
> Christian Einfeldt
>


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