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Tamir moved page [[UEFI PXE boot to Linux Mint]] to [[Application note - UEFI PXE boot to Linux Mint]]
== Overview ==
* In this tutorial you will be able to create PXE server on your PC that allows you to boot multiple distributions directly from ISO image using Ethernet connection only. * The diskless computer (or diskless node) you want to boot will be called the Client* The computer that holds the ISO images and provides DHCP, TFTP and NFS services will be called the Server.** Server is running recent Linux Mint or Ubuntu distributions** Server has 2 Ethernet ports: eth0 connects to the internet, eth1 will be connected to the separate network with diskless nodes * As example we will boot the client from the linuxmint-19.1-cinnamon-64bit.iso stored on the Server
== TFTP server ==
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* Mount Copy downloaded ISO image content to the mountpoint inside the TFTP directory
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$ sudo mkdir -p /mnt/loop
$ sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/tftpboot/iso/linuxmint-19.1-cinnamon-64bit.iso
$ sudo mount -o loop ~/iso/linuxmint/linuxmint-19.1-cinnamon-64bit.iso /varmnt/libloop $ sudo cp -r /tftpbootmnt/isoloop/linuxmint-19.1-cinnamon-64bit.isomount: * /var/lib/tftpboot/iso/linuxmint-19.1-cinnamon-64bit.iso: WARNING: device write-protected, mounted read-only.
$ ls /var/lib/tftpboot/iso/linuxmint-19.1-cinnamon-64bit.iso
boot casper dists EFI isolinux MD5SUMS pool preseed README.diskdefines
Jan 23 08:27:05 denis-linux systemd[1]: Started NFS server and services.
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== Prepare the client ==
* Power-on the client
* Enter the BIOS Settings by pressing [Delete] number of times
* Set Advanced -> Network Stack Configuration -> Ipv4 PXE Support to [Enabled]
* Save & Exit
* Thats all, after 1-2 minutes you should see the Linux Mint 19 desktop on your client's display
== Enable debug (optional) ==
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