Linux netbooting
Instructions follow on how to netboot using Ubuntu Linux.
Server Setup
Setup DHCP
Setup PXE
Setup Filesystem
Useful information: Building PXE Imager from scratch
1) Use debian debootstrap tool to create basic filesystem.
Client Setup
Create Linux Kernel
sudo make menuconfig
Processor type and features ---> Processor family: Pentium-Classic Device Drivers ---> Networking support ---> Networking options ---> [*]IP: kernel level autoconfiguration [*] IP: DHCP support [*] IP: BOOTP support [*] IP: RARP support File systems ---> Network File Systems ---> <*> NFS file system support [*] Root file system on NFS
Create Linux File System
Mount a separate partition cd to a suitable place on the partition