[GLLUG] PXE Debian install problem

[J Neveau]

Thanks for the suggestions, guys!

I was thinking of IP-tables too.  I know it needs some sort of forwarding
of the traffic from the TFTP server to the main NIC that goes to the
router.  Technical reading for another time, I suppose.

My plan was to use this very out-dated machine to simply play internet
radio streams via the console given that it uses very little energy.  I
like having background music in my house when I'm home
but I can absolutely no longer listen to any commercial radio stations; the
advertising and yackity-yack is mind-numbing...that's an entirely different
conversation!

I put the Debian network install disk ISO on to my USB flash drive and did
a base install.  Building the rest from that point without the xorg and all
of that stuff.

Cheers...




On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 7:46 PM, Nick Campbell <campbellnick000 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> With the configuration you described here you'd probably want to look at
> iptables on the host machine for all of the forwarding-fu.  It's as not
> difficult as it sounds but it can get somewhat confusing.  I've never
> personally attempted it with a direct connection to the client but it
> *shouldn't* be much different.
>
> It is a tad overkill in your situation but If you still want to give it a
> shot I'd be happy to help you try to get it working once I am back at a
> keyboard (software keyboards are an exercise in insanity).  If you would
> still like to give it a go let me know.
>
> Additionally,  hello GLLUG list! :)
>
> --
> Nick Campbell
> https://squirreltelepathy.info
> On Jan 10, 2014 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.
>>>
>>> --
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