I want to install both linux & windows through network.

uthpala · 06-02-2009, 01:53 AM

sorry for the last post about same question. I did some mistakes there.

Hi dudes.......
I'm a new member to this forum.
I'm doing a project based on Intel AMT for my final year project.There i want to install both linux and windows through the network. Is there any solution that can use for this proble.I want to have both images in one server and deploy them by selecting one at a time. Is there ant solution for this. plz help me...

Thank you....

Tinkster · 06-02-2009, 02:36 AM

Please post your thread in only one forum. Posting a single thread in the most relevant forum will make it easier for members to help you and will keep the discussion in one place. This thread has been reported for closure because it is a duplicate.

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http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi.........-730044/

irishbitte · 06-02-2009, 02:38 AM

It depends what you want to accomplish. If all you want to do is roll out one standard image, to machines which all have the same or very similar hardware specs, you're in business.

If on the other hand, you want to actually install say, RHEL and Windows on a PC completely over the network, and perform all configuration remotely, well that is pie in the sky so far as I understand it.

In your other post you mention RIS. RIS is an image deployment system, with MS group policies applied from the get go. In this case, you still have to build a standard image.

My experience has been that I roll out dual booting machines without difficulty, using standard windows and ubuntu images. For this I use a small dedicated NFS server that holds the images, and I use either clonezilla:http://clonezilla.org/ or the system rescue cd with partimage:http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page.

Post a little more about what you want to accomplish, and if I can point you in the right direction, I will.

uthpala · 06-02-2009, 05:05 AM

I post this again in this forum becuase previous posts will be closed in this forum. Sorry for all of them.

Thank you for reply me. Actually i want to install both XP and linux to same machine,with dual boot. actually i want is that images (XP and linux) have to be in same server. From that location i have to install the OS. Is it possible to have both linux and xp images in one serevr ?
Can we delopy them like RIS server to client pcs ? if so how to do that?
Thank you......

irishbitte · 06-02-2009, 03:37 PM

No, you can't 'deploy' them, you need to use a tool like the one's I have linked to above. The only way of using a deployment type method is with RIS, or possibly using clonezilla in multicast operation. I use one server to hold images on an NFS export. I boot the client PC using systemrescuecd, see the link above. The steps following this are:

1: Get the client PC an IP address using

Code:

net-setup eth0

2: Make a directory where you will mount the NFS share using

Code:

mkdir /mnt/server

3: Mount the share:

Code:

mount -t nfs ip.ad.dr.ess:/NFS-EXPORT /mnt/server

4: Change to the share on the client PC:

Code:

cd /mnt/server/path/to/share

5: Use the partimage tool:

Code:

partimage

which is self explanatory.

I recommend lots of reading, the links I have posted above are the minimum to be looking at, also check out the partimage homepage: http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page.

If you've any other questions, post here, and I'll try to help. I just imaged thirty windows machines today using this method. It works!

uthpala · 06-02-2009, 08:49 PM

Thank you very much...
I'm trying to do those configuration. actually i want to know that to do clonezilla or other method do i need to configure NFS in my linux server ?
I tryed many articles to configure NFS correctly. but i couldnt do it. plz help that also.

irishbitte · 06-03-2009, 06:22 AM

What linux distro are you using for your NFS server? Each distribution is a little different.

irishbitte · 06-03-2009, 06:27 AM

This is a particularly easy to follow NFS tutorial. Make sure you follow all the steps! It is debian specific, but should be applicable to ubuntu also: http://www.besy.co.uk/debian/how_to_..._data_with_nfs

uthpala · 06-03-2009, 08:07 AM

Thank u
I tried in ubuntu first. but i didnt configure it well, then i moved to fedora.
still i didnt config it. I'll check it with ubuntu again.
Thax again..

irishbitte · 06-03-2009, 06:20 PM

Nothing will work right the first time. Keep trying! I use ubuntu for all my servers, and I find it fantastic.

uthpala · 06-03-2009, 08:59 PM

Hey....

I just set the configuration which have posted in that link u posted. I think it configured. I put every configuratioin except firewall and ipaddress. did u do the same ? then i installed XP to the client machine. then how do i save the xp standed image on nfs ? how xp is configure to take that that standed image and install ? plz help me....
thank you.

irishbitte · 06-04-2009, 06:42 AM

Follow the directions for reinstalling an image as in post #5 above, except when running partimage, make sure that the option to 'save partition to file' option is set, along with the path to your NFS share.

uthpala · 06-04-2009, 02:36 PM

/home/thilok/Desktop *(rw,no_root_squash,async)

This what i write for my /etc/exports as a rule. but i get this error

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exportfs: /etc/exports [1]: Neither 'subtree_check' or 'no_subtree_check' specified for export "*:/opt/ltsp".
Assuming default behaviour ('subtree_check').
NOTE: this default will change with nfs-utils version 1.1.0
exportfs: /etc/exports [3]: Neither 'subtree_check' or 'no_subtree_check' specified for export "*:/home/thilok/Desktop".
Assuming default behaviour ('subtree_check').
NOTE: this default will change with nfs-utils version 1.1.0
--------------------------------------------
what should i do to this ? How do i configure that.

thank you...

Tinkster · 06-04-2009, 02:54 PM

That's not an error - it's a warning

uthpala · 06-04-2009, 03:03 PM

So is this working ?
how to chk that ?
now how do i make a shared folder and install winxp to a client machine. plz help me