Ubuntu 17.10 Desktop PXE boot - No Internet
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@steven-attaway Suggestion, follow this post: https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/10944/using-fog-to-pxe-boot-into-your-favorite-installer-images/6
Just as a word of caution, this post worked for me properly when I wrote the tutorial. I did have one feedback stating that the stock ubuntu kernel won’t netboot, you need the ubuntu netboot kernel and initrd for that. https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/11027/problems-with-using-fog-to-pxe-boot-into-your-favorite-installer
If you would, please follow my tutorial exactly and test it. If it doesn’t work then please use the kernel and initrd that was referenced in the second link.
I need your help to improve the quality of the tutorial before the instructions get moved into the wiki.
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@george1421 Alright, so I did everything you said on the first post and it did fail with me too. I went to http://archive.ubuntu.com and downloaded the netboot kernel (linux) and the netboot initrd (initrd.gz), but now it goes straight to the Ubuntu Installer. I’m actually wanting the live desktop.
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Ok give me a minute. We may need to meld the configurations.
My docs use nfs all the way. You are mixing http and nfs. The http means that you have to put your files under /var/www/html to be able to access them.
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To keep your configuration in line with the totorial lets do the following:
Move your iso content from /images/ISO/LINUX/ud1710x64 to /images/os/ubuntu/ud1710x64
Then create the tftp directory
mkdir /tftpboot/os mkdir /tftpboot/os/ubuntu mkdir /tftpboot/os/ubuntu/ud1710x64 cp /images/os/ubuntu/ud1710x64/casper/vmlinuz.efi /tftpboot/os/ubuntu/ud1710x64 cp /images/os/ubuntu/ud1710x64/casper/initrd.lz /tftpboot/os/ubuntu/ud1710x64Now in the webgui
kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/ubuntu/ud1710x64/casper/vmlinuz.efi
initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/os/ubuntu/ud1710x64/casper/initrd.lz
imgargs vmlinuz initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/nfs netboot=nfs nfsroot=${fog-ip}:/images/os/ubuntu/ud1710x64/ locale=en_US.UTF-8 ip=dhcp rw -
I am currently in the process of downloading Ubuntu 17.10 Desktop to confirm the settings. I’ll create a post in the tutorial thread with how I get it configured. Its a better way than just guessing at the settings.
Also thank you for testing on the ubuntu installer side. I’ll get that post updated with the proper info too.
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This process pxe boots to the Ubuntu Desktop: https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/10944/using-fog-to-pxe-boot-into-your-favorite-installer-images/12
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@george1421 OK, so I ended up using your method, but then went back to my method of using http instead of tftp. I found http loaded almost 30 secs. to a minute faster. Here’s my code for that:
:ubuntu kernel http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/images/ISO/LINUX/ud1710x64/casper/vmlinuz.efi initrd http://${fog-ip}/${fog-webroot}/images/ISO/LINUX/ud1710x64/casper/initrd.lz imgargs vmlinuz.efi root=/dev/nfs boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=${fog-ip}:/images/ISO/LINUX/ud1710x64 quiet splash ip=dhcp rw boot || goto failed goto startWhich loaded great, but this brings me back to my original issue. No Internet, Kind of. So I technically am getting internet, but DNS doesn’t seem to be loading correctly. I can ping 8.8.8.8 all day long, but if I try to ping www.google.com, it fails.
So then I was going to go into the network settings to confirm the DNS settings and I get this:
If I load everything from a CD or USB it all loads great, if I load from PXE it does the same thing every time. Thoughts? -
@steven-attaway Yes I agree that http would be faster. We have seen issues with apache redirection breaking hosting other files on the fog http server. That is why I switched to another protocol to provide consistency. So yes http, is much faster than tftp. But you statement makes me think you are doing this activity for imaging, but for some other activity (maybe akin to LTSP )?? Or if you are making a thin client setup there are other options.
As for the speed issue with tftp vs http. It would be interesting to see if switching the boot protocol from http, to nfs could yield similar transfer rates. But if http is working for you, then keep moving forward with it.
In regards to loading from dvd vs pxe booting. The only thing you are doing with pxe booting is transferring the kernel and initrd from the fog server instead of loading them from the local dvd rom. Once the kernel is booted it connects to the dvd files via nfs. There should be no real difference between networking capabilities. In regards to not being able to resolve dns names, I would check what the /etc/resolv.conf file is setup to. That file is responsible for configuring the dns lookups.
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you can ping 8.8.8.8 it’s a DNS issue not your config ! because your only not able to resolve
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I’m having the same trouble with 18.04. Was curious if you found a work around. Booting the ISO itself works fine, but PXE booting doesn’t work. My guess is that the network, obviously, has to start sooner in order to pull over the files via NFS, and this is somehow mucking up the traditional order of operations.
