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SKY-8101 Manual V04 20180321
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1.3.6.3 Installing an OS via network boot
To install an OS via network, basically works the same way as booting an OS via USB
stick described above.
The main difference is that instead of a Linux live image you need to install a network
installer / a network installable image on the USB key. Network Installers or network
installable iso images are available for most Linux distributions such as RedHat, Debian,
Ubuntu and CentOS. For detailed information, please refer to the documentation of the
related network installer and / or Linux distribution.
Please make sure you configure the network installer image properly for the Ethernet
port / device of the SKY-8101S that you plan to use for the installation.
1.3.6.4 Booting an OS via network boot
The SKY-8101S supports booting over network via PXE.
To boot an OS via network, please make sure the following BIOS options In the
Advanced: Network Stack Configuration Menu is configured properly:
Table 1-2: PXE BIOS Options
Network
Stack
Enabled
Enables the UEFI Network Stack
PXE boot usually does not allow for OS installation over network as the PXE client will
only load a single file from the boot server. Similarly, booting Linux over network is
usually a two stage process. In the first step, a boot loader such a grub or mini OS such
as SysLinux are loaded via PXE from the boot server. The boot loader or miniOS then
load the actual target OS which usually consists of multiple files which decompressed
and installed into a RAM disk. The detailed process and required configuration of such
network install will heavily depend on the target OS and boot loader / miniOS used.
Please refer to the related documentation available.
PXE boot requires a DHCP server and a TFTP server in the network to complete.
DHCP Server and TFTP server are commonly run on the same machine and
collectively referred to as
“boot server”
.
Caution!
Setting up such a boot server implies a couple of steps. How-to guides for
setting up Linux as PXE boot server are available on the internet, e.g.
https://www.debian-administration.org/article/478/Setting
up a server for PXE
network booting.
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