Quoting Reinhard Tartler ([email protected]): > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Serge Hallyn > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Cool - what I use right now is pretty much > > > > https://s3hh.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/simple-netboot-setup/ > > > > It's not as short and sweet as what I hope you'll end up with :) but once > > it's setup (as it is for me on 2 or 3 laptops) I just get a new mini iso > > > > ( > > ################################ > > serge@amd1:~$ cat bin/getminiiso > > #!/bin/sh > > > > release=$1 > > f=${release}-mini.iso > > if [ -f $f ]; then > > echo "$f exists" > > fi > > > > wget -O $f > > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/${release}/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso > > ################################ > > ) > > > > mount that to /mnt, rsync it to /var/lib/tftpboot/$release, copy the preseed > > file back into there, and now the other laptop can just boot+install from > > it. > > As a small simplification: > > wget -O - $url/mini.iso | bsdtar xvf - > > that is, bsdtar can extract iso images just like regular tar archives > without the need of root priviledges for loopback mounting. That might > be easier to document.
Good point, that (less root privs needed) should be worth it for the docs. Thanks :) -serge -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
