hidden:Configure Installserver: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:43, 14 November 2014

The installserver is ics.lsdf.kit.edu .
login to issuing the command ssh -CXYl root ics.lsdf.kit.edu, ask Ursula Epting if needed!
DHCP server is configured appropriately (no intervention needed).
Go to directory cd /srv/tftp/pxelinux.cfg .
Check whether MAC of installation interface is coded als link to directory lsdf, pointing to link with appropriate machine name. Add it if needed.
Check whether link in directory /srv/tftp/pxelinux.cfg/lsdf is link to appropriate image description in /srv/tftp/pxelinux.cfg . Take existing specimens as example.
Go to directory /srv/tftp/scilinux .
Check whether image and initrd for network installation exist. Copy from origininal installation media (CD or WWW or elsewhere) appropriate for network installation.
Go to directory /srv/www/scilinux .
Put appropriate Kickstart file into that directory. Take existing specimens as example.
Boot install and be happy!
Check file access rights cautiously!
Inactive components are renamed, that the PXE program cannot address them. The content remains unchanged. You can simply copy or rename them to get them active.
Attention! The URL http://savannah.fzk.de is not valid any more, use /srv/www/repositories/kit/lsdf as base instead and place the directory there.

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 * Boot install and be happy!
 * Check file access rights cautiously!
+* Inactive components are renamed, that the PXE program cannot address them. The content remains unchanged. You can simply copy or rename them to get them active.
+* '''Attention!''' The URL '''http://savannah.fzk.de''' is not valid any more, use '''/srv/www/repositories/kit/lsdf''' as base instead and place the directory there.