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README.md
Scripts
Description
Set of scripts to download and generate necessary files to allow differents GNU/Linux distributions to boot through the network.
Scripts list
download_debian.sh
The script will provide netboot installers for all Debian (>=Stable) for both i386 and amd64 :
- Store the files to /var/lib/tftpboot (default).
- Download Debian Linux kernel and initrd files for all Debian distributions (Stable : Jessie; Testing : Stretch; Unstable : Sid) and for i386 and amd64 architectures.
- Offer an example menu file to use with a TFTP server (default_path/installer/debian/menu.cfg.example).
download_ubuntu.sh
The script will provide netboot installers for the latest LTS and latest advanced Ubuntu distribution for both i386 and amd64 :
- Store the files to /var/lib/tftpboot (default).
- Download Ubuntu Linux kernel and initrd files for the two lasts Ubuntu distributions (LTS-16.04 : xenial; 15.10 : wily) and for i386 and amd64 architectures.
- Make a symlink to access to the LTS (default_path/installer/ubuntu/lts) instead of it's codename.
make_debian_initrd_with_firmware.sh
The script will provide Debian's netboot installers with additionnals firmwares for all Debian (>=Stable) for amd64 only :
- Store the files to /var/lib/tftpboot (default).
- Download Debian's initrd files for all Debian distributions (Stable : Jessie; Testing : Stretch; Unstable : Sid) for amd64 architecture only.
- Download additionnals firmwares :
- bnx2 : For Broadcom NetXtremeII network adapters.
- linux-nonfree : For Tigon network adapters.
- myricom : For Myricom Myri-10G Ethernet adapters (IBM server).
- qlogic : For QLogic Infiniband, SCSI, Fibre Channel/FCoE adapters.
- Extract initrd and firmwares packages to build a new initrd.