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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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How to store image of Ubuntu on existing machine and then use it to install on a fleet of machines over local network

I haven't found a clear answer or way of doing what I'm looking for. I'm used to doing this on a Windows environment, and was simply wondering if I could do the same with Ubuntu. I'd like to start ...
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Changing the repositories after PXE installation

I have set up a PXE server that does a fully automated installation of both Ubuntu 18.04 server and Centos 7.6. My issue is that after installation, the Ubuntu systems have my PXE server IP in their ...
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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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Using Ubuntu Server 18.04 as iSCSI target and Windows 10 nodes

I´m starting to look at the possibility in running a iSCSI-target from a Ubuntu Server 18.04 to deploy image file (golden image file) to boot Win10-nodes(diskless) in a network. I have a running ...
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Convert installed system to PXE boot image

I've installed Ubuntu Server 16.04.6 onto a computer, customized it, and would like to take that installation (from a local 32GB mSATA drive; installed files use about 2.6GB) and convert it into an ...
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Media test failure error in Minicom

I have been working on setting up a bare metal switch through minicom from a remote server. Serial port info: sudo setserial -g /dev/ttyS0 /dev/ttyS0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4 I was ...
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Unable to preseed user creation and partitioning with ubuntu netboot 18.04

Okay, so I am trying to automate the installation of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS using the netboot image for use on our virtual machines (I'm using VirtualBox if that matters). I'm not sure if the virtual ...
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getting a nfsmount error when PXE booting

i'm getting this error right here when i'm trying to pxe boot to Ubuntu Desktop 18.04 . I followed this http://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=13243 guide on how to set it up. The regular command line installation ...
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Trying to automate an Ubuntu install but I keep getting some type of error

I'm trying to automate an Ubuntu install for deployment via PXE server but I'm running into an issue. I've used guide to try and configure it but unfortunately I'm running into this error. Only ...
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MAAS using PXE won't finish enlisting

Following the instructions in https://maas.io/install on a blade server I got stuck on the enlisting step. The PXE booting loads the image but after some reasonable time waiting nothing else happens. ...
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How to create a NFS root for Ubuntu

I am trying to set up several mini-PCs that all boot Ubuntu from unique NFS images mounted via PXE. The systems have no local storage or configuration and everything must come from network. I have ...
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Using sssd on a diskless PXE clients

Does Ubuntu have an equivalent of rwtab? I am attempting to get sssd to run on a read-only nfsroot. I have bypassed the logging failure with a systemd dropin file, but have yet to find an desirable ...
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PXE boot an installation from 18.04 alternative ISO

because the normal sever iso no longer lets you install raid disk in any sensible manner, I'm forced to try and get pxe booting working from the alternative iso and have hit a brick wall. I followed ...
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Lenovo Legion PXI-E61 Media Test Failure, Check Cable. Exiting PXE ROM. Then restarts and works fine

After a series of unfortunate events, I was finally able to install ubuntu 19.04 in my Lenovo Legion Y530. I had to install the OS for like 10 times after erasing the last ubuntu installation again ...
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Why change BIOS time to 01/01/1988, ubuntu installer can't find kernel?

I am using PXE server to install Ubuntu 18. There are two identical hardware systems. System A with the correct date/time, ex: 6/11/2019 This system can install Ubuntu 18 via the same PXE server ...
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ubuntustudio os sharing to diskless PXE clients

About 5 years ago in ubuntustudio there was a complete robust solution script to share the os on the main machine to any and all diskless PXE clients, but I cannot remember which version had that or ...
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Automated PXE boot image selection and customized boot images

Details I have a network of about 20 identical Dell PCs and 40 raspberry PI 3b+ units which were donated to a school where I'm currently doing some pro-bono work. The RPI units are for kids to browse ...
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MAAS - Layer 2/3 architecure

I'm curious about the various network architecures that can work with mass. The docs state two layouts ( flat and split ) but they are fairly sparse as to what those are. Unfortunately, due to a new ...
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PXE Boot and Fully Automated Install?

I am trying to set up a PXE environment to automate Ubuntu installs. I have a PXE server running with DHCP and Bionic netboot images I can boot a bare box, load the menu and install interactively ...
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How do I set up pxe boot to use preseed

I have a working 18.04 kickstart installation using PXE. I'm trying to set up preseed (because there are issues with ks that I want to get around). That setup is below as well, but it doesn't use my ...
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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
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How to upgrade kernel version in the netboot installer?

When installing Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS over PXE in UEFI mode it fails detecting the network. On the same computer a HP EliteBook 850 G5 the installation works fine in bios mode. Even if I manually load ...
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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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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 16.04 PXE installation

Can I install Ubuntu OS 16.04 using PXEboot without upgrading the packages and kernel? When I am installing new OS the kernel is getting upgraded to latest version. I need to install the server with ...
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Unable to boot Cosmic live with PXE

I'm trying to boot Cosmic live with PXE server After mounting live.iso file and copying content to a NFS folder, I make copy of casper/vmlinuz and casper/initrd to a tftp server. The NFS folder is ...
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Getting TFTP timeout in a Fuel / MAAS configuration

We have a site that is utilizing Fuel/MAAS for deployment. When attempting to PXE bootstrap the nodes we receive a "PXE-E32: TFTP open timeout". PXE is set over a private lan and there is no ...
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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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Boot xubuntu from network

I am trying to make Xubuntu available to pxe boot. I used dnsmasq and configured it to boot ubuntu net install. It worked well. But since I did not find Xubuntu's net install version, I configured the ...
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Modify parameters of grubnetx64.efi

I need to customize the grub.cfg path embed in prefix parameter of grubnetx64.efi file which I downloaded from here GRUBNETX64.EFI. I need this for my network boot environment(PXE) setup. I used this ...
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Why is it not possible to PXE boot Ubuntu Desktop editions?

I am using Cobbler to PXE boot Ubuntu 18.04 Server edition. However, it seems impossible to PXE boot Ubuntu Desktop image. What does make this difference? Is it possible to make Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop ...
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Stuck on Commissioning Nodes through MaaS

I've been working with MaaS attempting to commission a set of nodes through a dual switch setup (Private & Public) using iDRAC with IPMI in attempts to PXE boot them, yet cannot seem to get it to ...
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grub-efi-amd64-signed package failed to install into /target/ using ISO and UEFI mode [duplicate]

I am installing Ubuntu-18.04 using PXE ISO install in UEFI mode. The installation is failing with the below message: I looked into this thread grub-efi-amd64-signed failed installation but they are ...
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PXE boot fails with IP-Config: no response - giving up

I'm building a network with a DHCP server (192.168.201.2), a TFTP/NFS server (192.168.201.3) and other machines that are going to boot from the two, all machines run Ubuntu 16.04.4. When I turn one ...
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PXE Network autoconfiguration failed

When I use PXE to install ubuntu14.04.5 server, it stopped at network configuration. I can fixed the problem by set the network manually. However, I want to find a solution to resolve the problem ...
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Ubuntu Netboot - PXE can't find kernel 'linux' [duplicate]

I just set up my PXE Server on Lubuntu, everything is running good so far.. PXE detects my DHCP Server, menu shows up, but when I select one of the entrys, for example the one that leads to ubuntu-...
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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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Error in Ubuntu Unattended Installation - Failed to mount Fuse control file system, Kernel configuration file system

I am performing netboot unattended installation using a local server. But during the installation, I received the below error: Error Screenshot Note: I am installing Ubuntu-18.04 (bionic) Desktop ...
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IPMI: MAAS automagically provisions BMC credentials - should I be concerned?

I have some SuperMicro servers which I use MAAS to provision. I'm intrigued that upon PXE-booting them, they auto-magically gain a 'maas' user in their local BMC users DB, with a random password ...
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Primary Network has a Unknown Interface which led PXE Installation Failed

We see an Unknown Interface in Ubuntu Installer(OS: Ubuntu 16.04 Server) that cause we installed ubuntu failure via kickstart script. So we would like to know does anyone meet this situation before? ...
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How to pass kernel parameters from pxe server?

I have a set of computers loading Ubuntu from a PXE server. I'm changing base image and in the new one I need to pass a kernel parameter to the OS (this one: amdgpu.vm_fragment_size=9). During ...
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PXE boot stuck at "Start PXE over ipv4"

I have a little server at home with Ubuntu 16.04 installed. I tried configuring PXE server on it in order to deploy CloneZilla Live to other PCs in the LAN. Everything seemed to work well, I tried ...
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Ubuntu Diskless 16.04.3 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

I am following this HowTo on setting up a diskless ubuntu client. I am using 2 virtualbox VMs one server and one client. I am trying to boot the client using pxe but I get a kernel panic error like ...
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Changing network device name of a nfsroot used device

So to the context, I have a couple of machines starting up via an pxeboot that use an nfs share as their root. Being able to use it you can/have to specify an device name in the pxelinux.cfg which ...
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Node commissioning failed in MAAS for supermicro

Just getting started with Maas. The supermicro server PXE booted but did not show up on the UI. So I tried to manually add and commission the node but that failed as well. The following error on the ...
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How can my TFTP server host files larger than 2GB?

I have a working TFTP server via the tftp-hpa package on my Ubuntu 16.04 (32 bit) installation. It can server OS for PXE booting over the network if the OS size is under 2GB. When I try to boot from ...
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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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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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What are possible causes for error PXE-E99 during MAAS machine commissioning

When trying to commission a node in MAAS, the following is displayed on the target's screen after boot: Booting from PXE Device 1: Integrated NIC 1 Port 1 Partition 1 >>Start PXE over IPv4. ...
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Grub UEFI PXE boot Parted Magic 2013

I have setup an Ubuntu Xenial server with dnsmasq. I am using grubnetx64.efi.signed as the boot image, and have a few things working already. I can pretty much boot any debian based system with boot=...
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