[GLLUG] PXE Debian install problem

Karl Schuttler karl.schuttler at gmail.com
Fri Jan 10 16:40:02 EST 2014


If you have a sufficiently large USB drive, you could use unetbootin to
create a bootable debian USB drive and install from that.


On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 4:13 PM, J Neveau <neveauj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, it's one of those things where I don't "have" to use a PXE boot.
>  But I just wanted to see if I could figure out how to do it using this
> machine:
>
> http://www.fic.com.tw/product/iona603.aspx  obviously, no optical drive.
>  I was able to squeeze a 60gigabyte laptop IDE drive into it though!
>
> All of the stuff I've been finding online is for configuring the client
> machine (target of install) with it being a part of the regular network,
> i.e.-attached
> to the router like the other machines, including the one with the boot
> image files and such.
>
> My configuration was to have the client machine directly attached to the
> host machine (via eth0)  which was then attached to the router for web
> access
> (via eth1).  The host machine has two NICs built onto the motherboard.
>
> Unfortunately, with my limited networking knowledge (enough to get myself
> into trouble) I was not able to figure out how to use the host machine not
> only as
> the PXE boot host with the install files, but also the bridge to allow the
> client doing the Debian install to have internet access to complete the
> installation via
> a mirror.
>
> I ended up just using a Debian installation ISO on a 1 gigabyte USB flash
> memory stick  and ran the network cable direct to the router.  So far, so
> good. If I
> can get basic Debian install on the AMD Geode, I want to try building a
> cut-down, streamlined kernel for it; again, just to see if I can get it to
> work.
>
> I didn't want to get too carried away with my workstation machine (host)
> as I mainly use it to edit video/audio; no telling what I might have done
> had I started trying to
> set up a mirror on that machine for the client to use....eek.
>
> Thanks for the suggestions, though.  I appreciate the input!
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Patrick Goupell <patrick at upmerchants.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> On 01/09/2014 10:05 PM, J Neveau wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings everyone,
>>>
>>> **initial disclaimer; new to this stuff, not good with networking**
>>>
>>> I was able to get a PXE boot started for a Debian installation on an AMD
>>> Geode machine.  The installer begins fine and it gets to the point of
>>> asking for a mirror to use for installation packages. I select the main
>>> Debian mirror.  This is where it fails as it seems unable to access the
>>> internet.  Alt-F4 shows messages on the client ending with:
>>>
>>>
>> Do you have to do a PXE boot?
>>
>> Can you boot an ISO image and install from that?
>>
>> After the install then do the final setup  for what you need.
>>
>> --
>> Patrick Goupell
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