On 12/01/14 13:48, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 1/11/2014 5:57 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 11/01/14 22:07, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >>> On 1/11/2014 4:40 AM, Артур Истомин wrote: >>>> On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 01:21:30PM +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: >>>>> Hey folks, >>>>> I managed to convince my staff to switch to debian from windoze, and they >>>>> agreed. So I managed to install a PXE server and successfully booted >>>>> debian >>>>> installer simultaneously on 20 machines using dhcp server. >>>>> >>>>> But they required an active internet connection to fetch packages over a >>>>> mirror, and the bandwidth was very low, so at then end of the day, only >>>>> one >>>>> PC was able to set up. >>>>> >>>>> So is there a way to boot an entire 4gb dvd-iso from a server, so that I >>>>> can install it on PC connected on a network?? >>>> <snipped> >>> >>> Yes, with 20 machines to install via PXE boot, setting up a local mirror >>> is the best method by far. > >> Mirror means even packages *not* required, apt-caching allows a local >> repository of only the packages that are actually required, with the >> additional benefits of handling multiple releases and repostories. > > I was using the term "mirror" much more loosely here, in the old > installer terminology. I.e. "select your mirror". I.e. simply copy the > source files from the DVD he already has and export the proper directory > tree structure via an httpd.
'Thought it odd you'd advocate setting up a repo. mirror as an answer to the OP's problem. Thanks for clarifying. 20 machines won't put to much load on a simple http share, especially as they may not all be booting simultaneously - for more nodes than that (without considering long term repo. access requirements) I'd suggest replacing a simple HTTP server with SLAMD and PXE with GPXE. I suspect apt-cacher-ng is the best long-term solution for the OP or I'd have suggested just adding the entire DVD repo. to the TFTP directory used by PXE. Kind regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52d210cb.4030...@gmail.com
