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setup a Raspberry Pi as an PXE-Server
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Feature Request: Automated Install using preseed #20

Closed squadramunter closed 5 years ago

squadramunter commented 5 years ago

I like to use this RPi-PXE-Server using an automated installer. Maybe you can implement this as an optional feature?

https://www.hiroom2.com/2017/06/29/debian-9-install-pxe-boot-server-for-automated-install/

U used this link to know how the preseed is configured. There are plenty more sites that explain how to enable preseeds for each distro.

beta-tester commented 5 years ago

hello @squadramunter , i am not sure how i could implement that kind of feature to the script, because everybody will have a different need for installing a distro.

i think that option has to be made by everyone who will use it. on ubuntu there is an APPEND boot menu parameter file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed that will point to a preseed script i think. and for debian there will be a similar parameter to point to a preseed or kickstarter script i think. the only problem i see is, that the preseed or kickstart script can not be loaded from a different location than the initrd, squashfs or the ISO-image.

i mount and populate the ISO images directly and readonly, to do not waste too much memory/diskspace.

you may need to "overlay" the initrd or the file system to get your preferred file to that same location.

if the preseed file can be located on any location NFS, SMB, TFTP, HTTP, then i don't see a reason, why it could not be possibl to add your own preseed/kickstart script to the PXE boot menu.