HOW TO INSTALL DEBIAN EDU BASED ON SARGE USING NETBOOT
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Author: Finn-Arne Johansen faj@bzz.no

Verified to work, and used in numerous installs with pr05, Klausade.

This Document is released under the GNU General Public License, version 2.
On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
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$Id: netboot_install_debian-edu_sarge.txt,v 1.5 2005/07/31 13:57:01 finnarne Exp $

Introduction
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This HOWTO is based on the work in the test lab of BzzWare AS
http://bzz.no.

It's been on my mind for some time, but I really have put this aside
far to long. You have a perfect network connection, and you do a lot of installation. But running around with a CD in many machines, just don't give you a 
kick. Or you do a lot of testing, and you really don't find it amusing to burn a new CD every hour. 

Let's take a normal main-server installation, based on debian-edu.

What you need: 
-A daily built debian-edu-i386-binary-1.raw from 2005-07-31 or
 later, or a prerelease later than pr04 (not yet built)
-A debian-installer initrd.gz for netbooting, I have one for 2.6-kernel here:
  http://d.skolelinux.no/~finnarne/netboot/initrd.gz
  For initrd for 2.4-kernel is included on the cd.
-A workstation/server that wants to do netboot

DISCLAIMER
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I take no responsibility for anything.

SERVER SIDE PREPARATION
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I Assume you have a sarge-based main-only server installed

Set up a tftpboot server
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fetch debconf preseeding for atftpd
 grep ^atftpd /usr/lib/debian-edu-install/defaults.thin-client-server | debconf-set-selections

install syslinux and atftpd server
 apt-get install syslinux atftpd

create some folders to hold everything
 mkdir -p /tftpboot/netinst
 mkdir -p /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg

mount cdrom 
 mount /cdrom

fetch 2.4-kernel and initrd from the cd
 cp /cdrom/install/vmlinuz /tftpboot/netinst/vmlinuz
 cp /cdrom/install/netboot.gz /tftpboot/netinst/initrd.gz
pr if you want 2.6-kernel
 cp /cdrom/install/2.6/vmlinuz /tftpboot/netinst/vmlinuz
 wget -O /tftpboot/netinst/initrd.gz http://d.skolelinux.no/~finnarne/netboot/initrd.gz

set up pxelinux
 ln -s /usr/lib/syslinux/pxelinux.0 /tftpboot
 echo -e "label netinst\n kernel netinst/vmlinuz\n append initrd=netinst/initrd.gz DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium vga=normal ramdisk_size=10240 root=/dev/rd/0 devfs=mount,dall rw --" >> /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default

Reload the inetd server to make tftp available
 invoke-rc.d inetd reload
 
Set up apache to serve out the CDROM
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make sure cdrom still is mounted

set up apache to serve out the cdrom
 echo "Alias /cdrom/ /cdrom/" > /etc/apache/conf.d/cdrom-serv.conf

reload apache
 invoke-rc.d apache reload


CLIENT SIDE FIRST STAGE
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Boot your server using network 
(press F12 or "N" or something if it does not boot from net automaticly)

when you get a boot prompt, enter 
 netinst
and you should be able to start the installation

Choose your language, and optionally location/country, then keyboard,
and set up the network.

When you are prompted to select "Choose a mirror of the Debian archive"
choose "enter information manually", it's paced at the top of the country-list.
Enter "tjener" or "10.0.2.2" as Debian archive mirror hostname

Enter "/cdrom" as Debian archive mirror directory

When asked to "Download installer components", select
 debian-edu-install-udeb 
 debian-edu-profile-udeb

After the "components of the Debian-installer" are downloaded, you will
get a new menu.
Select "Install Debian-edu profile (enforce menu order)", and select your profile. 

Please be aware that autopartkit fails when using netboot and qemu. 

CLIENT SIDE SECOND STAGE
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Should now work without problems (if first stage is done properly)