Halis Way: Ubuntu Dapper PXE Network Install

“I’ve been testing out the Ubuntu network install environment
today. All you need to use the PXE installer is to configure a DHCP
server and TFTP server on your network, if you want a more hands
off install you can use a ‘preseed’ file. Quite easy to use and it
is much more flexible then the ananconda kickstart files.

“Ubuntu actually support the kickstart file format as well, so
if you don’t want to learn the new preconfigure ‘preseed’ format
you can just write a normal kickstart syntax file and netboot
Ubuntu exactly the same way you would a Redhat/Centos/Fedora
box…”

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