There is another interesting project gpxe.
Also kernel.org has something that builds on top of gpxe in a more user
friendly front end:
http://boot.kernel.org/
On Wed, 5 May 2010, calguy1000 wrote:
Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 11:31:43 -0600
From: calguy1000 <[email protected]>
Reply-To: CLUG General <[email protected]>
To: clug talk <[email protected]>
Subject: [clug-talk] Tip: Installing Ubuntu via tftp server
I thought I'd share a little tip I found on a quick and painless way of
installing ubuntu.
I needed to re-install ubuntu-server on an old 2Ghz Dell with limitations
- No CDROM Drive (I can't believe it, I'm out of spare cdrom drives).
- USB Flash 1.1 was WAY TOO SLOW
Google found many howtos on how to setup a TFTP boot server to install
ubuntu, but they all seemed
a little over-kill, and complex for a one-off solution... I only needed to
install 1 server. But then I googled a bit more
and found this:
http://hugi.to/blog/archive/2006/12/23/ubuntu-pxe-install-via-windows
So I booted up XP (in it's only safe environment a virtual machine). and I
followed the very clear step by step instructions,
and within moments I was installing ubuntu server 10.04 over the net (thank
god for a nice and quick ubuntu mirror in canada).
So if you need a quick way to install ubuntu on an old machine, but don't
have to do it often enough to setup a permanent
TFTP server, I recommend this quick howto.
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