[NBLUG/talk] Netbooting Knoppix

[Kyle Rankin]

On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 09:03:47PM -0800, Daniel Kinon wrote:
> Hey again,
>    So since NO ONE has responded to my post about problems doing Knoppix
> over NFS, I wanted to query the masses for procedures on any way
> possible to netboot Knoppix.
> thanks,
> - dan
> 
> 
> 
> 
Hey Dan,

Sorry I haven't had a chance to reply to your question in more detail. I
haven't had a chance to try out the netboot for the latest Knoppix version
however I don't think it would change much from the past. I would start by
going to the K->Knoppix menu and setting up the "Knoppix Terminal Server".
That will set up DHCP, tftp, and NFS for pxe booting from within the
CD/DVD. From that point it should be able to PXE boot Knoppix from another
machine. (Obviously if you already have a DHCP server you will want to make
sure that Knoppix is on a separate network).

When I wanted to incorporate that into my regular PXE environment, I
basically copied the tftpboot configs that Knoppix generated and copied it
to the PXE server along with rsyncing the bits that its NFS server was
sharing.

The last Knoppix version I adapted for this purpose is Knoppix 3.9 but I'll
try it with a newer version when I get a chance.

Hope this helps,

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