[Tech] PXE project - still alive

[Tai Kedzierski]

Hi all,

Happy new year!

I have a little update on the PXE project which - thought I'd forgotten
about it? :-)

The full project collaterals have been significantly reduced in number, and
the steps are now much more guided and fully bash-scripted!

https://github.com/taikedz/our-pxe

At this point we have 2 things:

*A full script* to create a custom DVD/ISO

This requires command line knowledge, so would require a Partimus technical
volunteer to create the custom image for the target organization. It needs
only be produced once per organization/release.

*A full script* to create a fully working PXE server

Tested in VirtualBox and working a charm.

I'll be testing it on a set of home machines shortly over the home
network...

*The last component* to make this 100% automatic is kickstart/preseeding

This would enable a way to bypass the setup dialogs, automatically set up
an administrative user, and go straight to installation.

I have been hitting hurdles here, and am waiting for feedback from the
askubuntu forum
https://askubuntu.com/questions/734733/preseeding-kickstarting-lubuntu-example-or-documentation

Once I get it figured out, and I've been banging my head against this for a
while now, it'll be all wrapped up.

Could anyone please give these scripts a rev and feed back to me, I'd be
most appreciative.

If anyone knows anything about kickstart/preseeding Ubuntu, now's your time
to shine and close in on that last 5%! (and yes, I have spent countless
hours on Google over this already :-P )

All the best

Tai


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