Thanks Sebastian. I was able to get my local debian mirror setup and working. I had to pass a bunch of kernel options over to get things started. Here is my boot option.

:Debian95Full
kernel http://${fog-ip}/bootimgs/debian/oldIso/install.amd/linux preseed/url=http://10.0.0.3/preseed.cfg ksdevice=bootif netcfg/link_wait_timeout=10 netcfg/dhcp_timeout=60 netcfg/choose_interface=auto auto-install/enable=true priority=critical hostname=unassigned-hostname domain=unassigned-domain console-setup/layoutcode=us console-setup/ask_detect=false locale=en_US ipv6.disable=1
initrd http://${fog-ip}/bootimgs/debian/oldIso/install.amd/initrd.gz
boot || goto MENU

Also here is a good tutorial for having your own Debian repository mirror if anyone else stumbles upon this topic
https://www.tobanet.de/dokuwiki/debian:debmirror

Thanks Sebastian. I was able to get my local debian mirror setup and working. I had to pass a bunch of kernel options over to get things started. Here is my boot option.

:Debian95Full
kernel http://${fog-ip}/bootimgs/debian/oldIso/install.amd/linux preseed/url=http://10.0.0.3/preseed.cfg ksdevice=bootif netcfg/link_wait_timeout=10 netcfg/dhcp_timeout=60 netcfg/choose_interface=auto auto-install/enable=true priority=critical hostname=unassigned-hostname domain=unassigned-domain console-setup/layoutcode=us console-setup/ask_detect=false locale=en_US ipv6.disable=1
initrd http://${fog-ip}/bootimgs/debian/oldIso/install.amd/initrd.gz
boot || goto MENU

Also here is a good tutorial for having your own Debian repository mirror if anyone else stumbles upon this topic
https://www.tobanet.de/dokuwiki/debian:debmirror

@Sebastian-Roth I’ve never had to create a local package mirror before to load OS installation files so I can install the operating system, but I’ll do it this time. All the installation files are included on the cd/dvd ./shrug

I need to add this as a kernel argument on boot to use a preseed file. Can I do that with imgargs?
url=http://localhost.org/debian-edu/preseed/installer.dat

The NFS logs aren’t saying that anything has initiated a connection attempt when I load Debian over PXE. I’m using the debian full dvd iso, that should have the packages locally already. I’ve used fog before and I was pretty sure that was why you would mount an NFS share (to load the packages). The kernel boots without the NFS share. If this isn’t what the NFS share is for in the example can you please enlighten me?

I’ve followed this to get a pxe debian 9.5 installer working. https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/10944/using-fog-to-pxe-boot-into-your-favorite-installer-images/5 The trouble is that when I boot in to the installer it always asks me to select a mirror. I do not want to select a mirror. I want it to load the files from the local NFS share, because this is on a private network with no internet access.

I’ve verified that I am able to mount the NFS share from any address on my network. Here is the menu option -
:Debian95Full
kernel http://${fog-ip}/bootimgs/debian/oldIso/install.amd/linux
initrd http://${fog-ip}/bootimgs/debian/oldIso/install.amd/initrd.gz
imgargs linux initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/nfs netboot=nfs nfsroot=${fog-ip}:/var/www/html/bootimgs/debian/oldIso/ ip=dhcp rw
boot || goto MENU

It seems like the ‘imagargs’ isn’t doing anything but I’m not sure how to test it properly. In my /var/log/messages I never see an attempted NFS mount.