A few weeks back I re-published a great article on setting up a PXE server. Since then I've had to use this server for a number of other tasks, from cloning 15 machines to running Ubuntu LiveCD over a PXE network. I'd like to share with you a couple more tips on getting the most from ...
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There are lots of issues that I'm semi-preparing myself for when I'm out in India. My attitude so far has been a 'laissez-faire' approach - whereby I'll solve problems as I come across them whilst out there. I think this is the only sane way for me to view the situation without overloading myself with ideas/problems/solutions.
The following article was originally published @ http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/478
If you're looking to perform a lot of system recovery, or system installation, then network booting with PXE is ideal. PXE allows you to boot up a system and have it automatically get an IP address via DHCP and start booting a kernel over the network.
