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Netboot Debian (wheezy) from NFS v4

Is it possible to boot Debian Wheezy from NFS v4? Bootwing with NFS v3 works just fine. NFS v4 not. This is in my /etc/exports: /nfs 192.168.100.0/24(ro,sync,insecure,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check,fsid=0) /nfs/root…
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How to use cloud config in pxe boot?

I am using netbootxyz in order to boot my Ubuntu environments. In matter of the facts, is that I am using pre-seed configuration. The problem is that there are some minor bugs: gnome-terminal is not working. can not use post commands at all. Could…
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How can I check my PXE-server configuration

Is it possible to check the things the dhcp-server delivers? When I configure my dhcp-server I tell it what file to boot from, ex: pxelinux.0, and where it should find it, ex: 192.168.0.112. Could I verify that this is whats delivered from the…
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Netboot from common nfs share. How to incorporate small differences (e.g. in /etc)?

I have a set of (Ubuntu 16.04) servers, which are diskless and boot from a common nfs share. The share is read only and I use a tmpfs overlay. To achieve that I set the /etc/overlayroot.local.conf…
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Deploying DeployStudio

Also see question How do you disable or uninstall NetRestore from a NetBoot server?. Edited to add this link to a great document that I should have been using all along but didn't find until it was too late. I've successfully removed NetRestore from…
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LDAP and User root/sudo on local netboot ubuntu/debian machine

I'd like to create a debian/ubuntu pxe netboot image authenticating against ldap but I want give the user the power to install software on his local machine. In Windows I simply add a local admin account and give the user the according credentials,…
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How do you disable or uninstall NetRestore from a NetBoot server?

I'm trying to move from NetRestore to DeployStudio for my dual-boot Apple deployments, but I'm not sure how to remove NetRestore from my NetBoot server. When I NetBoot a client, it still launches NetRestore automatically and does not launch…
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deploystudio multiple servers

I am having trouble using multiple Deploystudio servers on a single local network. I am trying to image machines as fast as possible, and my images are 250GB+. I typically image 10 machines at a time, and I recently experimented with a…
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NetInstall Windows/Linux/Other from OS X Server

Just recently added OS X Server to my work Mac Pro, and found the NetInstall suite of tools... And I love it! But after setting up El Capitan for Boot/Install/Restore... I want more: Is it possible to create NetBoot/NetInstall/NetRestore images of…
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Locked out from SSH, NetBoot can be useful?

I am operating on a Server that is on a datacenter. For security reasons I've disabled root access. So yesterday I was configuring a restricted access group on the server and accidentally put the only sudoer and ssh enabled user under the group and…
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How does a NetBoot server advertise itself?

I'm running the NetBoot service on a box running Mac OS X 10.5.6 server. I've been changing images to serve up, and most of them work, but the last one I tried doesn't -- if you go to System Preferences -> Startup Disk on a client, it doesn't see a…
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Bare metal boot over WAN?

Is there a service offering iSCSI/iPXE boot targets over the Internet? i.e. on a blank machine with an internet connection available to it, it can be configured to look at a public internet host and pull down an OS image as if you'd got a local iPXE…
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Remotely Installing Windows 2008 on SunBlade 6000/6250... any gotchas?

I'm preparing to remotely install Windows 2008 Standard onto a 6250 blade module mounted in a SunBlade 6000 chassis rack. Are there any gotchas (aside from the predictable issues related to bandwidth in transferring the ISO, etc.) for this? Has…
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Mac OS X 10.6.6 NetBoot imaged machines running fsck on boot

I have created a NetInstall image of a OS X 10.6.6 machine in our organization for easy deployment of new machines. This has worked out great for us with the exception of the machines running fsck on boot which takes quite some time. I have just…
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Using IPMI inside a python script (OpenIPMI)

I'd like to use IPMI to set machines to PXE boot (i.e. ipmitool -I lan -U username -P password -H ipaddress chassis bootdev pxe) and then power cycle them (i.e. ipmitool -I lan -U username -P password -H ipaddress chassis power cycle). However, I'd…
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