How do I do a network based installation in Telehouse?

robideau is configured to offer a Debian jessie installer, stretch installer and memtest via the network (via tftp) in our Telehouse location.

If you would like to use it, follow these steps:

• Determine the MAC address of the network device you are using
• On robideau,
  • Edit /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf and add a stanza for the server so it is "known"
  • start the DHCP server:

    systemctl start isc-dhcp-server
    

• start the tftp server:

  systemctl start tftpd-hpa
  

• Configure the target server to boot from the network device
• You should be all set.
• After you are done, be sure to shutdown the dhcpd and tftp services

Setup

If you want to download the installer for a newer version of debian:

• Either on robideau (or on your laptop if it is not available on robideau), install: apt-get install debian-installer-9-netboot-amd64 (replace "9" with the version you want)
• On robideau, make the directory:

  mkdir -p /srv/tftp/debian/<release-name>/amd64
  cd /srv/tftp/debian/<release-name>/amd64
  

• Copy linux and initrd.gz from /usr/lib/debian-installer/images/9/amd64/gtk/debian-installer/amd64/ to /srv/tftp/debian/<release-name>/amd64
• Edit srv/tftp/boot/grub/grub.cfg