After setting up RIS and installing the first image you end up with a directory like: D:\RemoteInstall\ which is the root of your RIS server
Now to insert Debian Linux Installer Images I did the following:
- Made the following Directories (you should change the path if you are working in a different language...):
\RemoteInstall\Setup\English\Images\PXELinux\i386\templates\
\RemoteInstall\Setup\English\Images\PXELinux\i386\templates\
pxelinux.cfg\
- copied pxelinux.0 out of the SYSLINUX archiv to Setup\English\Images\PXELinux\i386\templates\ (The latest version of SYSLINUX can be downloaded in .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, and .zip formats from kernel.org )
- put a pxelinux.sif in the templates directory (for content see listing below)
- put a file named "default" in the pxelinux.cfg dir
- put the kernel and initrd images in the templates directory ( Howto get the bootimages )
- let a PXE client try what happens.
Well, it works...
content of "pxelinux.sif":
[OSChooser]
Description = "Boot Debian Linux Networkinstaller"
Help = "This option runs the Debian Linux netwoek installer."
LaunchFile = "Setup\English\Images\pxelinux\i386\templates\pxelinux.0"
ImageType = Flat
Version="1.01"
content of the "default" file in the pxelinux.cfg directory:
DEFAULT bootnet
LABEL bootnet
KERNEL linuximage
APPEND vga=normal load_ramdisk=1 ramdisk_size=16384
initrd=rootimage disksize=1.44 flavor=bf2.4
Where to get the images:
the kernel image:
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/current/bf2.4/linux.bin
rename the downloaded file to "linuximage" and place it in the \RemoteInstall\Setup\English\Images\PXELinux\i386\templates directory
the initrd image:
http://archive.progeny.com/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/bf2.4/root.bin
rename the downloaded file to "rootimage" and place it in the \RemoteInstall\Setup\English\Images\PXELinux\i386\templates directory
you can find the same images on every debian mirror... other images will probably also work...
thanks goes to Christian "Dr. Disk" Hechelmann for his great document about syslinux and RIS ( http://syslinux.zytor.com/ris.php )
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