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PXEBoot / diskless Installations

ptmuldoon

Tue Oct 04, 2011 3:10:27 pm

I use a spare laptop to do various testing with, and would like to give Zorin a try. But I typically do a diskless install via PXEBooting.

Is it possible to install Zorin over a network via PXEBoot?

FYI. I have a Ubuntu server going here at home and can currently PXEBoot and install both Windows and Ubuntu to my spare laptop. Thus, am trying to now test out Zorin on it.

Thanks
PT

ptmuldoon

Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:39:40 pm

Yes, that's basically one of the tutorials I've looked at and followed already.

I'm using Ubuntu Server to store all my media, and already tftp-hpa, NFS, and syslinux all up and running, and can pxeboot Ubuntu and Windows to a spare laptop across my network. Just can't get Zorin to boot properly. I'm sure its likely something i have wrong in defaults file, likely with the append statement. Just am still new at learning it all.

here's another good tutorial I used as well.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PXEIn ... l_Together