Questions regarding network booting using PXE, or Pre eXecution Environment. In this method of booting, a client computer (or end computer) can boot using only its network card.
Questions tagged [pxe]
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Where is the netboot image?
I wanted to ask that I used the netboot image from the ubuntu 10.04 server for PXE Booting ubuntu 10.04 desktop edition as I didn't find the netboot folder in the ubuntu 10.04 desktop edition
The netboot image boot normally retrieves and parses…
omkar
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How to convert a LiveCD into a vmlinuz and initrd to PXE Boot Load Slowly
I need to make a emergency PXE bootloader for a LIVECD (not the ubuntu netboot small cd, but rather a desktop livecd to boot from the command line). Will this work:
# Create a cpio archive of just the ISO and append it to the initrd image.
( echo…
Bran
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PXE Boot Broken after 12.04 Upgrade
I had a system booting over the network with PXE on 11.10. I upgrade to 12.04 and now the boot fails during startup with the following messsage:
Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems:
-Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
-Check rootdelay= (did…
cmcginty
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Boot Ubuntu ISO image from PXE server
I'm trying to boot ubuntu-amd64-desktop from PXE server. I want to install the system afterwards.
Currently, I am using memdisk to load and boot the ISO CD image:
label server
menu label Instal ISO
linux memdisk
append iso initrd=ubuntu.iso…
HappyHacking
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Where are netboot files for hirsute 21.04?
I am searching for netboot files for Hirsute Hippo 21.04, ie linux and initrd.gz
The usual repo path that worked for 20.04 LTS (
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/focal/main/installer-amd64/current/legacy-images/netboot/ubuntu-installer/amd64/)…
jlm-8
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Is it possible to have 2 pxe servers in the same subnet
We currently have one PXE server which is Novell ZENworks 11.3.1 for our Windows images.
We would like to deploy Ubuntu images. This is not possible with ZENworks. That's why we like to use FOG. This is also based on PXE.
Will it be possible to run…
user185396
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PXE automation installation Ubuntu 20.04 desktop
I'm currently doing PXE automation installation Ubuntu 20.04 desktop. I'm following this guide https://www.laroberto.com/ubuntu-pxe-boot-with-autoinstall. but the guide is for Ubuntu live server image. I've successfully installed it, but when I…
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ubuntu 22.04 PXE boot , after installation , physical machines just won't bootfrom harddisk
it's really odd. after couples of playing around with ubuntu 22.04 .I have made two ISOs that can be install ubuntu 22.04 server/desktop automatically.
now I'm trying to configure my old PXE server to install ubuntu 22.04 automatically.
I first try…
Eric Chang
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PXE server, netboot
I read a bit about netbooting, PXE, thinclient, diskless and so on and I am still confused with one thing: what components has an image to include in order to be "netbootable"?
Are all the live media netbootable or only these images are…
Brad Thompson
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Ubuntu PXE setup
There's an existing PXE installation that installs Ubuntu 18.04 which I didn't set up. I'd like to to have it install Ubuntu 18.04.05.
When I look for an .ISO, this is what I see:
find . -name…
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Trying to configure Lubuntu 18.10 to install via PXE Tftp
Get error message halfway through it fails to download a file from mirror even though all files are there.
Do you have a better ISO or configuration guide for PXE configuration
Don M
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