sacarlson

# this is for setting up an iso file to be installed with pxe boot
#sudo apt-get install dhcp3-server tftpd-hpa syslinux nfs-kernel-server
# edit the mount line to one of your ubuntu or other iso files you want to pxe boot install
# also this example the server that serverd pxe boot was address 192.168.2.112 ; change this to your server ip
# for dhcp3 configs see example /home/freenet/ruby/dhcpd.conf
# or see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DisklessUbuntuHowto for more details on dhcpd.conf settings and other
# example of my /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf  (only an example) any other settings should be able to stay the same

#allow booting;
#allow bootp;

#subnet 192.168.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
#  range 192.168.2.111 192.168.2.150;
#  option broadcast-address 192.168.2.255;
#  option domain-name-servers freenet_dns;
#  option routers freenet_router;
#  filename "pxelinux.0";
#  next-server 192.168.2.112;
#}

# modify /etc/exports
# sudo echo "/nfsroot	*(ro,sync,no_wdelay,insecure_locks,no_root_squash,insecure)	" > /etc/exports

# you will also need this in at your server /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
#sudo echo "prompt 1" >/var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
#sudo echo "default iso" >>/var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
#sudo echo "timeout 100" >>/var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
#sudo echo "" >>/var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
#sudo echo "LABEL iso" >>/var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
#sudo echo "  KERNEL iso/vmlinuz" >>/var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
#sudo echo "  APPEND boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=192.168.2.112:/nfsroot/iso initrd=iso/initrd.lz ip=dhcp" >>/var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default

sudo umount /mnt
# all of these but 10.04 work with this when ubuntu 11.04 was used as the server
# sudo mount -o loop /home/sacarlson/ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso /mnt
#sudo mount -o loop /home/sacarlson/ubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386.iso /mnt
# 10.04 can't mount nfs can't find eth0 (no driver?)
# sudo mount -o loop /home/sacarlson/ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso /mnt
# but this mint version seems to work ok.
sudo mount -o loop /home/sacarlson/linuxmint-12-gnome-dvd-32bit.iso /mnt
sudo rm -r /nfsroot
sudo mkdir /nfsroot
sudo cp -av /mnt /nfsroot/iso
sudo rm /var/lib/tftpboot/iso/vmlinuz
sudo rm /var/lib/tftpboot/iso/initrd.lz
sudo cp /nfsroot/iso/casper/vmlinuz /var/lib/tftpboot/iso/.
sudo cp /nfsroot/iso/casper/initrd.lz /var/lib/tftpboot/iso/.
#sudo cp /usr/lib/syslinux/pxelinux.0 /var/lib/tftpboot/.
sudo umount /mnt

sudo service tftpd-hpa restart
sudo service nfs-kernel-server restart
# seems dhcpd name has changed so make sure this one bellow is correct for you.
sudo service isc-dhcp-server restart