Talk:Ubuntu PXE Install
Great work. I think I'll try it!
A couple of things that are not clear from the instructions, relating to DHCP: "Prepare your dhcp-server If you have a working dhcp server add the following lines to your group, substituting ip and mac address as needed"
How do we know if we have a working DHCP server? This assumes we've just installed the deb package, how do we know it works? Where's "to your group"?
Thanks, R
Hi,
Well, you should have some understanding of dhcp3-server (http://www.isc.org). Other dhcpd servers might be possible, though. After you install the package you have to modify the configuration, add a group for your subnet, etc. If the clients in your lan accept dhcp offers your dhcp server works.
See also https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Installation/LocalNet
np, pzpzp
I think you can also use bootpd instead for a full blown DHCP server... -jer
Does anybody know how to install Kubuntu (and other relatives) directly using PXE? There a bug report here: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/16507 But it's rather old (2005-05-03) and unresolved. - jes.vestervang@gmail.com -=-=-=- What does it mean "In more detail we need to provide:" - do the instructions as they are work? - Or does more need to be done. My PXE boot client is failing with PXE-EA1 No PXE Server found, but the DHCP appears to work as the client gets assigned the IP address I put into the dhcpd conf file. And the subsequent TFTP times out.
DHCP server setup
This is not clear to me. I do have some understanding of what a DHCP server does. I am not an expert, by any means. I have a bsd box on my network, currently running DHCP. I want to add a new machine that I will occasionally use as a tftp server. If I run DHCP on the tftp machine, won't that interfere with my main DHCP server?
You suggest editing the /etc/dhcpd.conf file. Is that on the pre-existing DHCP server? My bsd box is a very simple one, running monowall and I don't know how to get directly to it's configuration files. What if you can't get to those files? Is PXE boot possible then?
