[clug-talk] Tip: Installing Ubuntu via tftp server

[gustin at echostar.ca]

There is another interesting project gpxe.

Also kernel.org has something that builds on top of gpxe in a more user 
friendly front end:
http://boot.kernel.org/


On Wed, 5 May 2010, calguy1000 wrote:

> Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 11:31:43 -0600
> From: calguy1000 <calguy1000 at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: CLUG General <clug-talk at clug.ca>
> To: clug talk <clug-talk at clug.ca>
> Subject: [clug-talk] Tip: Installing Ubuntu via tftp server
> 
> I thought I'd share a little tip I found on a quick and painless way of
> installing ubuntu.
>
> I needed to re-install ubuntu-server on an old 2Ghz Dell with limitations
>   - No CDROM Drive (I can't believe it, I'm out of spare cdrom drives).
>   - USB Flash 1.1 was WAY TOO SLOW
>
> Google found many howtos on how to setup a TFTP boot server to install
> ubuntu, but they all seemed
> a little over-kill, and complex for a one-off solution... I only needed to
> install 1 server.  But then I googled a bit more
> and found this:
> http://hugi.to/blog/archive/2006/12/23/ubuntu-pxe-install-via-windows
>
> So I booted up XP (in it's only safe environment a virtual machine). and I
> followed the very clear step by step instructions,
> and within moments I was installing ubuntu server 10.04 over the net (thank
> god for a nice and quick ubuntu mirror in canada).
>
> So if you need a quick way to install ubuntu on an old machine, but don't
> have to do it often enough to setup a permanent
> TFTP server, I recommend this quick howto.
>