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Questions tagged [pxe]

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Debian dhcpd "No subnet declaration for eth0"

I am trying to set up a pxe boot server on a Debian 6.0.3 Squeeze machine that gives images of PLoP Linux. I was following a this tutorial. When I try to start dhcpd (from package dhcp3-server), I get the following: No subnet declaration for eth0…
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Is it possible to add some 'PXE Network Boot' option to GRUB?

This is an example of my available GRUB menu boot options: 1 menu label ^ 1) Xubuntu 14.04.02 LTS 2 menu label ^ 2) Windows 7, x86 & AMD64 3 menu label ^ 3) Windows 8, AMD64 4 menu label ^ 4) Hirens Boot CD 8.8, x86 …
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Can I use PXE without DHCP by just manually specifying a static IP?

I want to try doing a PXE install for the first time. Every single tutorial I've read seem to indicate it requires a DHCP server configured to point to the TFTP server with the boot image. I don't understand why DHCP should be required though,…
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Fedora network install via PXE boot

How do I install Fedora over the network using PXE boot? Motivation: The BIOS of target system is simply not able to boot from USB mass storage devices. An alternative motivation is that booting over the network is just more convenient. Challenge:…
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Diskless workstations

For various reasons I need a setup with one server, and two diskless workstations. The workstations are to be "fat clients", which means I want to enable them to use their own CPU, memory, etc, for everything. Ideally, the workstation users should…
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Determine the interface which was used for booting via PXE

I have a linux machine which was booted via PXE. Can I determine the network interface which was used for booting?
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Why is network autoconfiguration not working any longer in Debian 11?

I used to deploy Debian 10 through PXE, and it worked. Now that Debian 11 is released, I decided to do the same with it, but the installation fails as soon as it tries to configure the network: Network autoconfiguration failed Your network is…
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Debian preseed: How to force prompt for hostname and domain?

I have a preseed file which works perfectly in that the install goes from start to finish fully automated without prompts. However, I want to force a prompt for hostname and domain. I have tried adding: d-i netcfg/get_hostname seen false d-i…
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Can I use pxelinux to boot from an ISOs over the network?

I have a server which hosts mirrors for FreeBSD, CentOS and Scientific Linux. It includes .iso files. Is it possible to use pxelinux to boot this ISO over the network? Must I use gPXE or iPXE instead? I have seen some indication that this is…
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Netboot error: Invalid kernel argument

I'm trying to install Arch using the Netboot Live System following these steps: Install Syslinux on a SD card according to its wiki. Copy the iPXE kernel image to the SD card. Create an syslinux.cfg file. In the last step I used this…
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PXE boot has OS image size 1GB limitation?

In my experience, if the OS image size is too big, the PXE boot will fail. I am not sure which size is the limitation. ref: https://www.syslinux.org/archives/2002-March/000249.html Does iPXE fix the image size limitation issue?
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Debian PXE Preseeding: Can I clone my existing Debian system instead of using the Internet?

I'm currently working on PXE booting 10 or so machines to install Debian on them over the network from a centralized DHCP + TFTP server. I'm using the TFTP server to serve the Debian netboot image to the PXE clients. I'm also serving them a…
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PXE boot debian-installer preseed.cfg - how to get to present only certain questions (eg. hostname)

I'm currently playing around with debian-installer at home (using Devuan Linux) over PXE boot and would like to have the installer ask for a hostname and domain with pre-set default value for the domain only and unsure if this is possible? The…
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Installing new Operating System such as FreeBSD with PXE boot?

I am no expert on this issue, I am maybe even using the wrong technical term. Anyway, my goal is this: to install a new OS from a server that has the installation documents etc so some settings in boot-loader apparently. I would like to install…
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rpcbind/nfs fails, failed to create RPC listeners, exiting

My system crashed while a script was running that deploys a pxe boot system (software is called DRBL). Now I can't get rpcbind, nfs, or ypbind to start properly. I'm chasing a series of errors which I'll recount here. I think the problem all…
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