[LUGSB] PXE boot

[Benjamin Kudria]

On Sunday, January 13 2008, Jim Robert wrote:
> I recently got a hold of 6 diskless workstations and wanted to try setting
> up a small cluster, but I'm having trouble setting up the PXE server. Does
> anyone know where I can get a relatively comprehensive guide on setting up
> this type of system (booting several diskless clients from one server using
> PXE)?

A while ago I played around with LTSP and they had a pretty good overview of 
how their system was set up.  Apparabtly the project has changed somewhat 
with Ubuntu integration, but their wiki still has tons of useful info.  Take 
a look: http://www.ltsp.org/

> Also... do I need an ISO on the server? or can I just do a regular debian
> install and copy/paste all the files to an NFS partition.

LTSP had the NFS root filesystem exported, and they sent the kernel and a 
small install over TFTP.  The small install mounted the big one over NFS and 
then pivot_root'ed.

-Ben Kudria

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