diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7f23e4c..5bd2fcd 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,2 +1,11 @@ -# hardware4future +# Automated linux installation for hardware4future +This repo is for resources related to automated installation of linux on devices that are to be donated to others in the context of the project hardware for future. + +## PXE boot +- Installing debian via pxe boot is done via serving the contents of netboot.tar.gz via tftp, follow the [official docs](https://wiki.debian.org/PXEBootInstall#Provide_the_boot_image). + + We tried the dnsmasq way: no other tftp/dhcp server necessary. It worked. +- Unfortunately Linux Mint doesn't officially support PXE boot. We are currently trying the way in [ubuntu netboot docs](https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/how-to/installation/how-to-netboot-the-server-installer-on-amd64/). + + Caution: don't serve the files for legacy boot, even our "old" hardwares are too new to support that. We need UEFI booting. + + It allows serving a whole iso via HTTP. Can we serve the lmde7 iso this way? + + So far without success. It seems the efi files we prepped do not like to linux mint iso.