<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>HI Christian,<br><br></div>That's unfortunate to hear, and I'm sorry I was not able to have something production-ready in time - I wasn't even aware that Ascend were looking at a different solution... if anyone tried to tell me, I received nought.<br><br></div>Is anybody else trying to crack this nut from a practical point of view? I would most appreciate hearing the results of their experiments...<br><br>==== On a technical front --<br></div><div><br></div><div>I did some more tests yesterday evening and it looks like I will need to use a kernel-NFS share to get the Ubuntu netboot working. Using the netboot initrd image from the mini.iso images just makes the installer system expect a Ubuntu server image on the network, so it is indeed the initrd image from the target DVD that needs to be used - but with that, it complains about no medium being found at /dev/sr0.<br><br>I unpacked the initrd image from an Ubuntu desktop system and found the casper boot script specifically tries to look for a local sr0 attachment - which means that it seems there's no way of doing this over HTTP or FTP for Ubuntu, the only other option present is an NFS share (or-re-engineering the initrd scripts which I am not keen on doing right now).<br><br></div><div>Has nobody ever come across this caveat before?<br></div><div><br><br></div><div>+++<br><br></div><div>For the customization task - it seems there might be a lighter way of producing an image, but which requires a modicum more of command-line knowledge (launch build from command line, use apt-get/tasksel to customize the env in a chroot - a set of github-hosted scripts could make the task easier too). If the person building new images has standard command line experience (installing software on their own laptop/desktop on CLI), this is sufficient experience for the new procedure, so may be viable?<br><br><br>+++<br><br></div><div>I'm also looking at Michael Paoli's idea of having the PXE server and target Desktop systems as being part of the same image, though for now I do not see a straightforward way of doing this short of making the deliverable an Open Virtual Appliance image with a VirutalBox installer as option.... but I'm sure I can find a way eventually.<br></div><div><br><br><br></div>Tai<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><br>===<br>Tai Kedzierski<br><br></div><div>Affordable Office IT for Freelance and Startup Businesses<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://helpuse.com/" target="_blank">http://helpuse.com/</a><br></div><br><div dir="ltr"><span></span><font size="1"><img src="http://www.free-mac-programs.com/images/applications/libreoffice.png" height="19" width="19"> I use <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org" target="_blank">www.libreoffice.org</a><br><br><i>"Open Source Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price."</i><br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 8 September 2015 at 04:00, Christian Einfeldt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:einfeldt@gmail.com" target="_blank">einfeldt@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hi,<br><br></div>The Ascend school has adopted an Apple system, but we are looking at working with another educational org called the Western Addition Community Technology Center:<br><br><a href="http://www.westernadditionctc.org/" target="_blank">http://www.westernadditionctc.org/</a><br><br></div>We are also working on a pilot project with homeless shelters.<br><br></div>Both of these projects could soon require a proxy server / clonezilla type server. So if we were able to get a server together soon, it would certainly be helpful.<br><br></div>Thanks!<br><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 3:19 AM, Tai Kedzierski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dch.tai@gmail.com" target="_blank">dch.tai@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Hi all,<br><br></div>Sorry for the long silence, got caught up in other projects and general life events...<br><br></div>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)<br><br></div>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.<br><br></div>Or have things moved on since ?<br><br></div>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.<br><div><div><br><br></div>Tai<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><br>===<br>Tai Kedzierski<br><br></div><div>Affordable Office IT for Freelance and Startup Businesses<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://helpuse.com/" target="_blank">http://helpuse.com/</a><br></div><br><div dir="ltr"><span></span><font size="1"><span><img height="19" width="19"> I use <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org" target="_blank">www.libreoffice.org</a><br><br><i>"Open Source Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price."</i><br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 June 2015 at 21:14, Elizabeth K. Joseph <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lyz@partimus.org" target="_blank">lyz@partimus.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span>On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 9:20 PM, Michael Paoli<br>
<<a href="mailto:Michael.Paoli@cal.berkeley.edu" target="_blank">Michael.Paoli@cal.berkeley.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
> Though I could set up CentOS to replicate what you've done, I don't<br>
> particularly see point to that, as Partimus PXE server ought be Lubuntu,<br>
> and I've already successfully set up both Debian and Lubuntu PXE<br>
> boot/install servers.<br>
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</span>As an organization we've developed the volunteer expertise and<br>
documentation around working with and managing Debian/Ubuntu<br>
deployments, so I'm also reluctant to bring CentOS into the mix here.<br>
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Honest question WRT Ubuntu Server vs. Lubuntu and the proposed<br>
tooling: Is there a reason we need a graphical interface on our<br>
PXE/proxy/NFS server at all? Lubuntu just brings in the graphical<br>
components for a desktop, which generally are not appropriate for a<br>
Linux-based server.<br>
<br>
Thanks for your work on this Tai and Michael.<br>
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Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2<br>
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