tftpboot

Overview

All needed files to set up a PXE servers.

Use some bootloaders files provide by :

pxelinux debian package :
- gpxelinux.0
- pxelinux.0
syslinux-common debian package :
- chain.c32
- menu.c32
- reboot.c32
- vesamenu.c32

Contains the files which defines the PXE menu. The first one will :

Call all others menu.cfg from subdirectories (debian/, clonezilla/,…) as an entry.
Define a timeout (4 seconds).
Define the default entry (boot on local first disk).
…

Debian Wheezy (oldStable) amd64
Debian Wheezy (oldStable) i386
Debian Wheezy (oldStable) amd64 with additionnals firmwares (see make_debian_initrd_with_firmware.sh script)
Debian Wheezy (oldStable) amd64 with additionnals firmwares and preseed file
Debian Wheezy (oldStable) amd64 for minions with preseed (Gnome 3 as default GUI)
Debian Jessie (Stable) amd64
Debian Jessie (Stable) amd64 with preseed file
Debian Jessie (Stable) amd64 for minions with preseed (Gnome 3 as default GUI)
Debian Jessie (Stable) amd64 for minions with preseed (Mate as default GUI)
Debian Jessie (Stable) amd64 for minions with preseed (Cinnamon as default GUI)
Debian Sid (unstable) amd64
Debian Sid (unstable) amd64 with additionnals firmwares
Debian Sid (unstable) i386

See the scripts's README.md file for more informations.

Put the data of this repository on the PXE server :
- Clone the repository with https URL or with SSH to /var/lib/tftpboot.
- Download the last archive : wget https://git.ipr.univ-rennes1.fr/cellinfo/tftpboot/archive/master.tar.gz
Install a TFTP server (tftpd-hpa package for Debian's based systems or tftp-server for Redhat's based systems).
Start the tftpd's service :
- sudo service tftpd-hpa start
- sudo systemctl start tftpd-hpa
You can test if the TFTP server provide the files with a TFTP client (tftp-hpa) by downloading a file with the command :
- tftp $IP.SRV.TFTP -c get README.md /tmp/README.md_from_tftpd_server