Kickstart PXE boot ubuntu 10.04

Question

I am trying to do a fully automated install of Ubuntu 10.04

My pxelinux.cfg/default file looks like this -

label linux 
     kernel ubuntu-installer/amd64/linux
     ipappend 2
     append ks=http://172.16.20.254/ks.cfg ksdevice=bootif pressed/url=http://172.16.20.254/ubuntu.seed initrd=ubuntu-installer/amd64/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=16432 root=/dev/rd/0 devfs=mount,dall rw --

My kickstart file is never requested when I look at my apache logs. There is no activity in the apache logs. Yet I can request the apache logs by going to http://172.16.20.254/ks.cfg

WHen I boot, the server starts a PXE install, DHCP succeeds and then it stops at the nameserver input box. NO activity in logs.

Any ideas?

Cheers

Dave

What TFTP-daemon software are you using? – Henk Jul 26 '11 at 13:10 — Henk, Jul 26 '11 at 13:10

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 08 '11 at 17:41

Kickstart and preseeding are both technologies for performing automated installations. Preseeding is native to Debian-derived distributions like Ubuntu. Kickstart is native to Red Hat. There is a kickstart compatibility layer that translates kickstart instructions into preseed instructions. However, it is poorly documented and I doubt it is well tested. Instead of struggling with it, I recommend translating your kickstart file into a pressed file and using that. Here is the documentation.

Kickstart PXE boot ubuntu 10.04

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