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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Automated 20.04 Server Installation using PXE and live server image
How to do an fully automated Ubuntu 20.04 Server install using PXE and the live server image?
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With the 20.04 release, it seems clear Ubuntu is further pushing the live server installer (...
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Deploy Ubuntu 20.04 on bare metal or virtualbox VM by pxelinux, cloud-init doesn't pick up user-data file
I've been deploying Ubuntu (since 12.04) along with other Linux with pxelinux many years. With the Debian-installer, it works just fine. These days I've been trying to deploy 20.04, which also works ...
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PXE Boot Server Installation Steps in Ubuntu Server VM
How can I install Ubuntu virtual machine using PXE boot server?
I need the all the configurations details and what to change in the configurations files.
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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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Fetch autoinstall based on MAC
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I am looking for a way to PXE boot Ubuntu 20.04, and use new autoinstall for a completely unattended installation. But I would like for user-data YAML to be modified server-side based on MAC of ...
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How do you add a machine to MAAS with IPMI power using CLI
I want to add a new machine to MAAS for commissioning and deployment using the MAAS CLI. What is the MAAS CLI command to add a new machine that supports IPMI power parameters?
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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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How do I set up a network installation?
I want to know if the official 700MB installation images can be used to do a network installation. What would be the easiest way to do it?
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Network booting couldn't find kernel image
I have a problem with PXE booting. I followed these instructions on the Ubuntu help wiki. But I get an error on client machine:
Could not find kernel image: vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic
And now, ...
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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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How do I automate network installation of many Ubuntu 18.04 systems with EFI and PXE?
In the past I've managed the installation of dozens of Ubuntu 18.04 servers with PXE boot and pxelinux. This worked well, as each system had its own file named after the mac address of the interface ...
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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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Preseed doesn't automatically select network interface on Ubuntu 14.04; automated install needs human input
I'm trying to setup an unattended Ubuntu Server 14.04 installation from PXE.
I initially tried using Kickstart. This worked okay except that the partition manager required user confirmation and so ...
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PXE boot of 18.04 ISO
Previously, I've set up PXE booting of the Ubuntu LiveCDs by extracting the ISO to an NFS mount and copying vmlinuz.efi and initrd.gz from casper to the tftpboot directory with some iPXE scripting ...
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Does Ubiquity support installing via PXE?
I have a PXE server at home for doing network-based installs, which uses the text-based alternate installer.
However in 10.10 the Ubiquity (aka graphical) installer has some really nice features; ...
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Using the fsc mount option with nfsroot kernel parameter to allow FS-cache
I'm PXE-booting a Ubuntu 10.10 system, where I specify the kernel parameters as follows:
append root=/dev/nfs initrd=ubuntu-boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-24-generic
nfsroot=11.22.33.44:/data/nfsroot,fsc ip=...
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PXE boot with Ubuntu 14.04
I'm currently having a PXE server to perform many different OS' installation over the network.
I have a fully functionnal Ubuntu 13.10 live environnement and I would like to give a try on 14.04 (...
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dist-upgrade of diskless ubuntu
I am currently PXE booting a bunch a machine, via the diskless function in ubuntu.
What is the best practice when upgrading the image from 10.04 LTS to 12.04 LTS?
I've currently made a copy of the ...
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Unable to install 12.10 with PXE
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 with PXE (Cobbler) and Kickstart from a local server.
At some point, the installation stops telling me it cannot upload a file from mirror.
The install log on the ...
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Is it possible to boot a LiveCD of Ubuntu via PXE using HTTP (not NFS)?
I've found a lot of blogs explaining how to boot the installer via PXE. And I've achieved it. But now I would like to boot a LiveCD. I've seen many blogs explaining how to do this using a (DHCP+TFTP+)...
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PXE booting ubuntu into a ramdisk
I currently have a small PXE server running and it works fine. The only issue is that the clients seem to be running their OS from the server itself. Eventually this will become a server supporting ...
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Pxeboot Multiple image
How to do the multiple OS in a single Pxeboot server.
I want to boot different OS like Fedora, CentOS, RHEL in the client
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ubuntu 16.04 pxe server install problem finding live-image
I am attempting to create an Ubuntu 16.04 PXE server to install other server instances.
I have already managed to get a PXE client to start the installation process however it fails at the step "...
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Why Ubuntu Server asks to insert a CD-ROM when installed from PXE?
I set up a PXE server which hosts both Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Server.
Ubuntu Desktop is installed successfully from PXE.
Ubuntu Server seems to successfully load vmlinuz and initrd.gz, asks for ...
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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:
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20.04 live server automated install hangs on "finish: subiquity/Refresh: SUCCESS: completed", not able to login
I try to install 20.04 live server image on bare metal BIOS based device. I'm following this guide. I managed to set up dnsmasq, TFTP and HTTP servers, but after running user-data script booting hangs ...
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How to configure pxelinux.cfg/default properly in order to install Ubuntu from network?
I'm trying to set up PXE in order to install Ubuntu 13.10 Server x64 through local network. So far, I can boot through PXE and, when using pxelinux.cfg/default provided by default, be able to install ...
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Infiniband + Maas?
I'm looking at setting up an HPC based on Mellanox Infiniband rather than Ethernet.
Because I have many nodes to manage, I was looking at trying something new, like MAAS.
I know Infiniband cards ...
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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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Problem PXE booting
In relation to dist-upgrade of diskless ubuntu.
I have upgraded my diskless image to 12.04. I've updated the the default file in my tftpboot server, but whenever i boot the server, it comes with the ...
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ubuntu 12.04 pxe boot fail with message "IP-Config: no response after *** secs - give up"
I followed the DisklessUbuntuHowto and set up my pxe boot service. When configure the dhcp server in /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf, I tried to use static IP address as follows, in which "00:22:15:F8:D9:1A" is ...
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Boot from NFS drive with persistence
I have installed PXELinux on my Synology NAS and unpacked the ubuntu ISO in the NAS.
I can now boot from my PC thru PXE into ubuntu.
This is how my pxelinux entry looks:
LABEL Ubuntu
Menu label ...
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How to PXE network boot Ubuntu Server 14.04 using NFS
So far I have a PXE server based on Ubuntu Server 14.04 setup and running, configured to serve a Linux Mint 17 live CD and Ubuntu Server 14.04. The aim is to use NFS to serve install media around the ...
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Using MAAS to deploy graphical shell on office workstations
Would it be possible to deploy desktop images to my office workstations from MAAS?
I would like to see a scenario in which the workstations have a graphical shell and some PXE boot KVM instances ...
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PXE install Ubuntu Server using NFS
I have Ubuntu 15.04 Live booting from PXE using NFS. Now I am trying to install Ubuntu Server 15.04 using same combination of pxelinux and NFS. Installer loads but it is not using Local Network NFS, ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 PXE-booting with Realtek r8152-based NIC, no interface found
I am upgrading my PXE boot infrastructure with 18.04, but I am running into a consistent problem with our Dell XPSen - when PXE-booting from the official Dell FM76N (Realtek r8152-based) USB NICs, the ...
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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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"Sudo: Must Be Setuid Root" error after login to diskless client
I'm working on diskless linux clusters. I followed instructions as described here. I did these steps:
1- Installed a pxe server on server pc.
2- Installed ubuntu to a client pc.
3- Configured and ...
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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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Ubuntu 16.04 Network Manager DHCP and PXE setup. Can't find `dnsmasq.conf`
I'm about to upgrade my (seperate computer) firewall (Going from IPCop to IPFire). I'd like to use PXE to boot the upgrade on the firewall.
I depend on the firewall system for DHCP, so when it's ...
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Ubuntu Live over PXE Boot sets manual config for networking
I have setup a PXE Boot system where one can boot an Ubuntu live session over the network. Booting and installation both work fine, with the installation able to access the network. Within the live ...