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Can you setup a PXE server to do this?

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  • 26-01-2013 10:14pm
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    euser1984
    Registered Users Posts: 1,977 ✭✭✭


    Hello,
    At the moment I have to grab a usb key for booting various os's -typically linux live cd types...

    I was wondering if I could setup a PXE server where I could get a list of systems available to boot - like grub does for example.

    Also, would it be possible to run clonezilla from a PXE server to restore a clone to a disk. The clone is saved on a nas device? (wishful thinking :cool:)


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    10-10-20
    Registered Users Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    For sure you can.
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PXEInstallServer

    At the bottom of the page it talks about mounting the CD directly, but you could also mount just the ISO file instead. You could also download a PXE image from most of the distro sites.
    I found it so much easier when I was installing an old system which kept crashing during the install - faster than USB key or CDROM.


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    euser1984
    Registered Users Posts: 1,977 ✭✭✭euser1984


    10-10-20 wrote: »
    For sure you can.
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PXEInstallServer

    At the bottom of the page it talks about mounting the CD directly, but you could also mount just the ISO file instead. You could also download a PXE image from most of the distro sites.
    I found it so much easier when I was installing an old system which kept crashing during the install - faster than USB key or CDROM.

    Cool....looking forward to getting this setup.


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