[PVE-User] pxe installation with windows

[Dennis Burgess]

Ya, I'm sure this has been done a number of times, but for the life of
me I can't get it all L



I don't have lots of Linux experience nor a Linux desktop to really
setup a PXE system. I simply want to PXE install 10 servers with
Proxmox. As they do not have USB ports or CD drives. I have Serva
that is a TFTP/web/DHCP Server, and supports the installation, what I
don't know is how to take the ISO and place it into the system to boot
etc.. I created the folder under the TFTP/WIA_RIS folder called
Proxmox, but apparently you can't just copy the DVD contents to get it
to work L



Any help, offlist is fine would be great!

[Gilles Mocellin]

Ya, I’m sure this has been done a number of times, but for the life of
me I can’t get it all L
I don’t have lots of Linux experience nor a Linux desktop to really
setup a PXE system. I simply want to PXE install 10 servers with
Proxmox. As they do not have USB ports or CD drives. I have Serva
that is a TFTP/web/DHCP Server, and supports the installation, what I
don’t know is how to take the ISO and place it into the system to boot
etc.. I created the folder under the TFTP/WIA_RIS folder called
Proxmox, but apparently you can’t just copy the DVD contents to get it
to work L
Any help, offlist is fine would be great!

Hello,

I have done some sort of auto install of Proxmox.
As it is Debian based, it's easier to install Debian Squeeze, and then
add the Proxmox APT repository and install proxmox.

[Dennis Burgess]

Looks like what I ended up doing is using the DRAC and media load, so just loaded the ISO via the DRAC and was able to install via that method! Now trying to figure out ISCSI :)



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From: pve-user-***@pve.proxmox.com [mailto:pve-user-***@pve.proxmox.com] On Behalf Of Gilles Mocellin
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 1:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [PVE-User] pxe installation with windows

Post by Dennis Burgess
Ya, I'm sure this has been done a number of times, but for the life of
me I can't get it all L
I don't have lots of Linux experience nor a Linux desktop to really
setup a PXE system. I simply want to PXE install 10 servers with
Proxmox. As they do not have USB ports or CD drives. I have Serva
that is a TFTP/web/DHCP Server, and supports the installation, what
I don't know is how to take the ISO and place it into the system to
boot etc.. I created the folder under the TFTP/WIA_RIS folder called
Proxmox, but apparently you can't just copy the DVD contents to get it
to work L
Any help, offlist is fine would be great!

Hello,

I have done some sort of auto install of Proxmox.
As it is Debian based, it's easier to install Debian Squeeze, and then add the Proxmox APT repository and install proxmox.