hidden:Configure Installserver

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  • 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!
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