Re: Boston Linux Installfest XXVII Saturday November 10, 2007

["jherm" <user=1536@nabble.blu.org>]

 I use an open-source project here at work called Cobbler, it is a 
provisioning tool that can actually manage DHCPD and all of your PXE 
information for you. AFAIK all you need to do is some minimal setup, import 
RPMs with createrepo (only known working on RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, and should 
also work on SuSE, though it won't do the configuration for you, probably 
need to make an AutoYast script or whatever). It saves me alot of time... 
when I need to reinstall a machine. Check it out, and let me know what you 
think. Kristian can probably point you in the right direction for Debian / 
Ubuntu installs... we might be able to wrap it all up into one beastly PXE 
server. 

http://cobbler.et.redhat.com/

On Nov 6, 2007 10:42 AM, John Abreau <[hidden email]> wrote: 

> I set up a PXE server at home a few years ago. I've tried it for 
> network installs on a dozen machines, and I think two or three 
> of the installs worked great; the others all failed while trying to 
> tftp the pxelinux binary. No changes to the servers in between, 
> so there was something hinky with the boxes I was trying to 
> install. Maybe they just had a bad tftp client in their BIOSes. 
> 
> 
> Jon Hermansen wrote: 
> > Sorry Jerry, I neglected to send my last correspondence to the mailing 
> list, 
> > and instead replied to you only. 
> > 
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
> > From: Jon Hermansen <[hidden email]> 
> > Date: Nov 6, 2007 2:49 AM 
> > Subject: Re: Boston Linux Installfest XXVII Saturday November 10, 2007 
> > To: Jerry Feldman <[hidden email]> 
> > 
> > 
> > Has anyone investigated using a PXE server for remote installs to make 
> it 
> > easier for everyone? While I understand that having an install disc is 
> > always a useful thing, PXE installs go pretty easily when setup 
> correctly. 
> > 
> > On Nov 5, 2007 7:35 AM, Jerry Feldman <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> > 
> > 
> >> On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 09:36:27 -0500 
> >> "Martin Owens" <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> >> 
> >> 
> >>> I'll probably be there with aluminium case badges for $1 each. We also 
> >>> have a stack of Gutsy CDs of all kinds. 
> >>> 
> >>> On 04/11/2007, Jerry Feldman <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> >>> 
> >>>> Boston Linux Installfest XXVII 
> >>>> When:   Saturday,  November 10, 2007 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm 
> >>>> Where: MIT Building E-51, Room 061 
> >>>> 
> >> Excellent. Looking forward to your help. 
> >> 
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