Questions tagged [pxe]
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.
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DHCP is not working
I am using 14.04 and installed isc-dhcp-server in my Ubuntu. Here is my DHCP configuration:
INTERFACES="eth0"
allow booting;
allow bootp;
subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range ...
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Upgrading Customised Ubuntu ISO
We have customised version of ISO with Ubuntu 18.04 version and it's get install without any user intervention using seed configuration. Now we have upgraded Ubuntu ISO from 18.04 to 22.04.
We have ...
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dnsmasq configuration for TFTP + ProxyDHCP in Ubuntu Server 22.04.3 LTS
I'm trying to configure a PXE setup, in which my Ubuntu Server 22.04.3 LTS would act as TFTP server + ProxyDHCP (current DHCP server has to remain untouched). I've googled a lot, and tried a lot of ...
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UEFI Secure Boot:- bad shim signature
Before proceeding I don't want to disable the Secure Boot option. I need a solution, not a workaround.
I have a humble setup using dnsmasq and the dnsmasq built-in tftp to give me a PXE server. I am ...
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Grub PXE boot - not looking for MAC/IP-based config
I am PXE-booting an Ubuntu 22.04 installation. For the grub image, I am using the one here .
According to the docs:
GRUB will search for its configuration files in order using the following rules ...
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My Ubuntu 20.04 auto install is failing - how can I open a shell?
I have an autoinstall on a custom 20.04 ISO I'm building using Cubic. Subiquity is the Curtin log below and providing a path but I can't work out how to break into a shell. This happened after cloud-...
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Installing 14.04 from ubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso with pxe
We're trying to do an automated network installation using pxe.
We installed netboot tools (14.04 LTS) and extracted the ubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso contents into http server.
We saw that we have ...
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"No filesystem could mount root, tried:" when trying to install Ubuntu from Ubuntu PXE Server
I repost my topic again with Ubuntu only. I'm sorry for the confusion.
I am a newbie to set up the PXE Server. Forgive me if anything is weird in my setup. I have tried to install Ubuntu from ISO file ...
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Ubuntu-core from PXE?
Problem in a few words...
I'm working with ubuntu-core22 and have to deploy a lot of computers with my custom OS. (ubuntu-core with my snaps).
I created my own PXE server. To make some test I install ...
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Unable to install Ubuntu on older ThinkPad
I bought an older ThinkPad (Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E325).
I created a bootable USB flash drive. Everytime I try to install Ubuntu, it works well and everything is fine until it asks me to restart. So I ...
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Diskless with Ubuntu 12.04
I'm trying to setup a new diskless solution with ubuntu 12.04 without any success. I followed this Diskless Ubuntu HowTo
But the initramfs seems not to be able to mount my nfs share.
On my server ...
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RPI3/4 PXE boot ok with ubuntu 20.04 but failed on 22.04 due to missing /lib/systemd in initramfs
I'm experiencing difficulties with PXE boot on Ubuntu 22.04 and have been trying to resolve this issue for a year.
There are two main problems:
The first is a bug where NFS version 4 support has been ...
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Cannot install tftpd-hpa
I'm trying to run apt-get install dnsmasq pxelinux syslinux-common through a cluster control node, and keep getting this error while installing.
Job for tftpd-hpa.service failed because the control ...
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Ubuntu 22 PXE Kickstart With Cobbler
I am trying to PXE kickstart Ubuntu 22 using Cobbler, but I am getting error
/init: line 49: can't open /dev/sr0: No medium found
I believe when boot files are loaded, it's trying USB or CD drive ...
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No Internet on Diskless Client - Ubuntu 22.04.3
So I have been working with PXE booting a diskless client using.
My setup includes TFTP, dnsmasq and an NFS share.
Using TFTP and dnsmasq I can do PXE booting. I prepared an OS and copied the rootfs ...
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dhcpd.conf configuration for PXE server
i am trying to configure the dhcpd.conf file, when I restart and see the staus of the isc-dhcp-server it is giving below error:
isc-dhcp-server.service - ISC DHCP IPv4 server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/...
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Xubuntu 22.04: no DNS after PXE/overlay boot
I am using dnsmasq on my server to boot our clients via PXE (both traditional BIOS and UEFI); the NFS-root is readonly and the clients use an overlay-root. This worked fine for Xubuntu 18.04 clients.
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Why doesn't overlayroot work properly with a net-booted NFS root on a RPi4?
This question has not generated much interest (and no solutions): this may because it is not just a question about Ubuntu and is also not sufficiently documented. I have therefore extensively ...
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Diskless Booting - grub.cfg & NFS
I have used guide:-https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/install/netboot-amd64 to build PXE server and currently it is working.
I plan to build upon this and make an environment where diskless client is ...
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The difference in network configuration files between USB install and PXE autoinstall
when i use pxe with autoinstall install ubuntu server 22.04 or 23.04,the network configuration automatically generated like this
# This is the network config written by 'subiquity'
network:
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How to get past Welcome (language) screen when automating install?
I have a working PXE boot, and can successfully install the 16.04 Desktop via PXE and NFS.
Now I'm trying to automate the PXE install, and I can't get past the installation's "Welcome" screen that ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Autoinstall how to disable security Updates
I am setting up clients every now and then using pxe -> autoinstall
but after running the setup it takes very long to install the latest security updates.
I want them to install later not while the ...
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Grub2 (Efi) boot via PXE - load config file automatically
I´ve got a problem booting my OS via Grub2 bootloader.
Environment:
I´ve got a PXE-Boot Infrastructure and want to test PXE-Booting Grub2.efi via Network (TFTP).
Downloading the efi-file to the ...
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Anybody have experience with Ubuntu + Serva?
I am setting up a Serva server for Ubuntu, per these instructions, and I can't seem to get Ubuntu to load on my client machine. The config file (from that link, which says it has been tested on Ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 autoinstall pxe not getting user-data
testing on VirtualBox an automated install of ubuntu desktop, i have a router, dhcp, tftp, http server.
This is my pxelinux.cfg/default:
UI menu.c32
LABEL Ubuntu
MENU LABEL Ubuntu
KERNEL ubuntu/...
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No boot after installation Ubuntu 22.04
After installation of Ubuntu 22.04 no success to start up linux from hard disk. I get the notification PXE-E53: no boot filename received. PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM. Non-system disk or disk error
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Network booting Ubuntu 16.04 Server installer via iPXE w/ NFS on UEFI system
I am trying to set up network booting of the Ubuntu mini.iso via iPXE and NFS. I'm currently stepping through everything via the iPXE command line instead of a script. I made sure to build iPXE w/ NFS ...
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Grub2 boot from iso image
I have set up a PXE boot environment using pxelinux but since I updated my motherboard's firmware, it doesn't support legacy mode anymore. So I added support for UEFI mode to my PXE setup.
I have ...
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I need help with a PXE Server on Ubuntu 22.04 using dnsmasq
I am currently trying to setup a PXE server on a ubuntu22.04 server to install iso's or any other images via networkboot/pxeboot.
I use dnsmasq for that and have encountered some problems.
first, ...
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PXE and UEFI SecureBoot
I am trying to PXE boot with SecureBoot enabled. My PXE does boot with UEFI enabled, however when enabling SecureBoot I get the error “Boot failed. EFI Network. Failed Secure Boot Verification.”
My ...
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Choose interface on pxe boot host
I am trying to set up a PXE boot environment for Ubuntu 22.04 using IBM HS-22 blades at work. Most everything is going well except the HS-22 blades on boot will choose their USB interface to get a ...
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PXE Boot into Ubuntu Live + Persistence (casper-rw): Possible? Limitations?
I have setup a PXE Boot Server on the network (Not Ubuntu, but NethServer for anyone interested), and have gotten Ubuntu 16.04 booting properly from this server.
Here is the pxelinux.cfg/default ...
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autoinstall ubuntu 22.04 LTS autoinstall does not work in uefi mode
I'm working on autoinstall ubuntu 22 for my company (using VMWare and PXE). It works fine with legacy configs, but not with UEFI.
I have continued the install process to the end and then get the ...
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Problems with 20.04 autoinstall not picking up user-data file
I have a pxe server setup and can boot to pxe just fine, however autoinstall doesn't seem to pick up my user-data file. Here is my main.ipxe file.Any ideas?
#!ipxe
set boot-url=http://192.168.x.x
:...
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Xubuntu netboot: vmlinuz not found
I try to boot linux via PXE-boot, but it keeps saying that vmlinuz can not be found. I wish there were more information on which exact filepath it's searching.
This is the relevant part of my default ...
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How can current Ubuntu versions be installed via PXE network boot and an automated installation?
Starting with Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla), Canonical does not provide the netboot.tar.gz package and the mini.iso image anymore. They could previously be used to boot a system via PXE and run Debian ...
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ubuntu 22.04 autoinstall storage section , "autoinstall config did not create needed bootloader partition"
I try to customize storage layout in user-data for autoinstall
here is part of my user-data
storage:
#layout:
# name: direct
config:
- type: disk
match:
size: ...
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Ubuntu Autoinstall ISO netboot (PXE)
I need to install machines from the network using PXE. I already have an ISO (22.04), which I generated to work with my own user-data (autoinstall).
I found some ways over the internet to use PXE with ...
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load drivers to initrd
I have an issue with pxe deploy.
I have mounted ubuntu-20.04.5-live-server and using the initrd and vmlinuz of it for the pxe.
I am at the point in the pxe deploy that the initrd and vmlinuz has ...
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Thin Client Lubuntu over PXE Server with DHCP and TFTP
I have 10 old computers (like thin clients) without HDD. So i decided to use Lubuntu as Operating System. In my work we have a PXE server with DHCP and TFTP, they built a debian distro before and for ...
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22.04 Jammy PXE Booting Help
In summary, my issue specifically is when I PXE boot a UEFI system, I get stuck at a grub> prompt. It appears that the UEFI systems aren't loading the grub.cfg file and I'll be damned if I can ...
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After installing ubuntu server error PXE-E53 and PXE-M0F - Fujitsu Primergy S1
My server was running on Debian 11. I have wanted to reinstall it with a new Debian version and after installation, it wrote me:
Please remove installation medium, then press Enter
I have removed the ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 PXE boot fails - "Unable find a live file system on the network"
When attempting to boot Ubuntu 20.04 via PXE, I'm getting the error Unable to find a live file system on the network.
I use the NFS method:
menu label ^Install ubuntu
kernel /images/ubuntu20-04/casper/...
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Can't install Ubuntu 22.04LTS in my laptop
I wanted to install ubuntu on my laptop. Everythings goes fine(except there's an error "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not owned by us (uid 0), but by uid 999!(This could eg happen if you try to connect to a ...
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How to setup Ethernet network bonding for root NFS mount over PXE boot in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
For my personal minicluster, I successfully setup an Ubuntu server 16.04 LTS PXE network booting system, however, in order to take advantage of the 4-port NICs I have, I want to setup Ethernet ...
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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....
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Install with PXE of ubuntu 22.04 blocked
I would like to install ubuntu 22.04 automatically with the PXE.
When using the "cloud-init" script the installation freezes on "connecting ..." with a looping animation "/-|/&...
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pxe autoinstall fails with ubuntu 20.04.04
I use .pcengines.ch (apu2) hardware and set up a pxe environment autoinstall works with ubuntu-20.04.3-live-server-amd64.iso but it fails when upgrading to ubuntu-20.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso.
Log of ...
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Ubuntu preseed failing to automate country selection
I am trying to pxeboot and install Ubuntu 18.04.6 using cobbler and everytime I choose the Ubuntu-18.04.6-hwe I get this (see screenshot) it always drop out to selecting the Country location.
pxeboot ...
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PXE server - broadcast port restriction on boot client demand
I would like to setup my PXE server to attribute a correct IP-address, only for clients requesting network boot.
Therefor I've configured my network adapter with 2 IP addresses on a different range.
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