[Tech] Partimus (PXE?) (nearly?) unattended install solution(s?)

[Tai Kedzierski]

Hi all,

Sorry for the long silence, got caught up in other projects and general
life events...

I revisited the PXE setup, and have managed to produce a fairly reliable
recipe for a Ubuntu-14.04-based PXE server in VirtualBox (see attached)

I'm having problems however with the Ubuntu installer - it gets through
most things fine, but then craps out at "Install the system" - from the
little I have so far read on mailing lists, it seems this is an issue with
the distro trying to fetch security packages from the installation medium
but not finding them there? Or the likes? Does not seem totally accurate to
me, but if anyone has any insights I would much appreciate them.

Or have things moved on since ?

I'll have a go at serving up a Lubuntu image instead, but I think that will
be a little more involved. Once I can do all that, we can tie instructions
together into a single workflow hopefully.


Tai



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On 18 June 2015 at 21:14, Elizabeth K. Joseph <lyz at partimus.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 9:20 PM, Michael Paoli
> <Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> > Though I could set up CentOS to replicate what you've done, I don't
> > particularly see point to that, as Partimus PXE server ought be Lubuntu,
> > and I've already successfully set up both Debian and Lubuntu PXE
> > boot/install servers.
>
> As an organization we've developed the volunteer expertise and
> documentation around working with and managing Debian/Ubuntu
> deployments, so I'm also reluctant to bring CentOS into the mix here.
>
> Honest question WRT Ubuntu Server vs. Lubuntu and the proposed
> tooling: Is there a reason we need a graphical interface on our
> PXE/proxy/NFS server at all? Lubuntu just brings in the graphical
> components for a desktop, which generally are not appropriate for a
> Linux-based server.
>
> Thanks for your work on this Tai and Michael.
>
> --
> Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2
> http://www.partimus.org
>
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