How To Add Ubuntu 15.10 and Debian 8 To PXE Network Boot in CentOS 7
How To Add Ubuntu 15.10 and Debian 8 to PXE Network Boot in CentOS 7
In this article, we will learn how to add Ubuntu 15.10 and Debian 8 to PXE Network Boot on CentOS 7 and it requires a client and server machine to complete this process.
Step 1: To Add Ubuntu 15.10 to PXE Menu
To Download Ubuntu 15.10 ISO Image
Go to the Ubuntu 15.10 Download page, here we are downloading 64-bit ISO Image, copy it to a pendrive, and then mount it on your system by running the following command.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
[root@linuxhelp ~]# fdisk &ndash l
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x2f23e80f
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 64 512000 83 Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 64 25561 204800000 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 25561 26581 8192000 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdb: 15.6 GB, 15552479232 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1890 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1b54e590
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 1891 15187952 c W95 FAT32 (LBA
To Download Ubuntu 15.10 Netboot Image
Use the following command to download Ubuntu Netboot Images on to PXE Server.
For Ubuntu 15.10
------------------ On 32-Bit ------------------ # wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz ------------------ On 64-Bit ------------------ # wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz
Go to the Ubuntu 15.10 Netboot Official page, download the required files and copy to PXE tftp server location.
Extract the downloaded package using ' tar' command and copy it to ' /var/lib/tftpboot/' .
[root@linuxhelp ~]# tar xfz netboot.tar.gz
[root@linuxhelp ~]# cp -rf /mnt/install/netboot/ubuntu-installer/ /var/lib/tftpboot/
Check for the final resultant path. The following structure should be achieved.
/var/lib/tftpboot/ubuntu-installer/amd64
/var/lib/tftpboot/ubuntu-installer/i386
Copy the OS files from the pendrive to ' /var/lib/tftpboot/ubuntu-installer/amd64'
[root@linuxhelp ~]# cp -rf /mnt/* /var/lib/tftpboot/ubuntu-installer/amd64
Open PXE default configuration file, in the text editor.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# nano /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
To PXE Menu, add the following configuration.
On Ubuntu 15.10 64-bit label 4 menu label ^4) Install Ubuntu 15.10 x64 kernel ubuntu-installer/amd64/linux append vga=788 initrd=ubuntu-installer/amd64/initrd.gz -- quiet label 5 menu label ^5) Ubuntu 15.10 Rescue Mode kernel ubuntu-installer/amd64/linux append vga=788 initrd=ubuntu-installer/amd64/initrd.gz rescue/enable=true -- quiet
Important: Change the architecture ' ubuntu-installer/< arch _name> /< directory_name> ' , according to your system configuration.
Now lets start with the client PXE installations, after configuring PXE menu file and unmount the pendrive.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# umount /mnt
Select the Install Ubuntu 15.10 x64
Follow the instruction to Install Ubuntu.
In the PXE Boot Menu, Select the install Ubuntu 15.10 Rescue mode.
In Rescue Mode, Select Execute a shell.
Press continue to complete the installation procedure.
To proceed with the Ubuntu installation, use the following link
www.linuxhelp.com/install-ubuntu-15-10-snapshots-2/
Step 2: To Add Debian 8 Jessie to PXE Menu
Visit the official Debian Netinstall Download page and download the netboot.tar.gz archive.
Debian supports multiple system architecture for Netboot installation sources and the procedure is same for all the architectures except for the debian-installer/$directory_architecture name.
Add the Debian 8, 64-bit Netboot archive by loging into PXE Server with the root account and run the following command.
# wget http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz
Execute the following command to extract and copy the debian-installer directory to tftp server path.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# tar xfz netboot.tar.gz
[root@linuxhelp ~]# cp -rf debian-installer/ /var/lib/tftpboot/
Copy the OS files from pendrive to the ' /var/lib/tftpboot/debian-installer/amd64' location
[root@linuxhelp ~]# cp -rf /mnt/* /var/lib/tftpboot/debian-installer/amd64
Open Pxe server configuration file, using nano editor
[root@linuxhelp ~]# nano /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
Add the following PXE Label Menu for Debian Wheezy 64-bit:
label 6 menu label ^6) Install Debian 7 x64 kernel debian-installer/amd64/linux append vga=788 initrd=debian-installer/amd64/initrd.gz -- quiet label 7 menu label ^7) Install Debian 7 x64 Automated kernel debian-installer/amd64/linux append auto=true priority=critical vga=788 initrd=debian-installer/amd64/initrd.gz -- quiet
Important: Change the architecture ' debian-installer/< arch _name> /< directory_name> ' , according to your system configuration to add other debian architectures.
Use the following commands to clean up Debian resources.
[root@linuxhelp ~] # cd & & rm -rf debian-installer/ netboot.tar.gz pxelinux.* version.info
Boot the client machine and proceed the installation procedure from PXE menu.
Follow the instruction to install Debian 8.
To proceed with the Debian installation visit,
https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-debian-8-3/