On 9/23/2019 1:26 PM, john doe wrote: > Hi Michael, > > On 9/23/2019 12:41 PM, Michael Kesper wrote: >> Hi John, >> >> On 23.09.19 10:27, john doe wrote: >>> I'm currently using the netinst.iso file to install Debian as a guest VM >>> using Qemu. >>> This approach works fine if you want to install multiple VM on the same >>> host. >>> My goal with using PXE booting is to test how to install from the >>> network using Qemu, that way, I can get everything the way I like before >>> implementing PXE booting on my network. >> >> I'd start with a real tftp server on a Debian box (You wrote that you were >> on windows). >> Configuration of tftp server with qemu and without are different and >> probably so different that it makes no sense to try the qemu one first. >> > > Last note on Windows, and Qemu, all required files are to be in the root > directory of the qemu tftp server without symlinks. > From now on, I'm done with Windows/Qemu with regard to PXE booting. > >>> What I want is: >>> - Fully install Debian from the network using a preseed file (the less I >>> do on the host on which I want to install Debian the better) >> >> preseed.cfg is the next step. You need to be able to get your boot media >> via network first. >> > > I already have the preseed file working, for now, I do install Debian > from a usb key and at the boot prompt I fetch the preseed file from http > with something like: > > boot: auto console=ttyS0,115200n8 interface=auto url=<host-name> > > The all purpous of this is to avoid having to type the above line > everytime I install Debian! :) > Actually, I'm stuck at this very step, How do I go from having my boot > media from the network? >
I have installed 'apt-cacher-ng' and and use that local mirror in the preseed file. Now I need to understand how to add those argument: console=ttyS0,115200n8 interface=auto url=tftp://<HOST-NAME>/x.cfg The first step is to avoid having to type the above arguments and make that the default If I don't select anything. I'll also would like to thanks all the participent in this thread your intput/help is valuable. -- John Doe
