Testers required: PXE boot Slackware installers from slackware.org.uk

Darren Austin <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.slackware
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Morning all,
  A few days ago I built a pxelinux menu system for slackware.org.uk that 
will allow people to do a 100% network install of Slackware, via PXE booting 
and ftp/http install.

The advantage of PXE booting the installer is that you don't need to have 
any local media in order to install.  If you don't have or want to create a 
DVD or USB install disk/stick, this is the perfect way to install with the 
minimum of fuss.

The only requirement is that your DHCP server (which is required for PXE 
boot) needs to be configured to send the appropriate 'next-server' and 
'filename' options to the client when it boots.

If you'd like to test this out, you need to configure the DHCP options as 
follows:
	next-server:	91.109.244.240
	filename:	/pxelinux.0

Obviously the usual settings for DHCP have to be passed to the client also.

The initial download of the kernel and initrd may take several minutes - 
this is not a problem with the server or your bandwidth/internet; TFTP is a 
slow protocol so there isn't much that I can do to speed that up.

I'd appreciate testers and feedback - if people think this will be of use 
i'll keep it around for the long run :)

(Please feel free to copy to LQ or other Slackware sites - I don't use 
forums, so won't be posting this myself)

Cheers,
Darren.
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