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My school decided to dual boots all Windows XP box with Ubuntu Linux. Sure you can use CD for all installation. Two problems with CD installation

1) Every computer in Lab is not equipped with CD/DVD ROM
2) Time consuming

So we decided to setup a boot server and install Ubentu from a boot server

Requirments
=> Ubuntu Linux PXE Boot Server with following softwares
=> DHCP
=> Trivial FTP


Procedure
Install necessary packages

Install DHCP server
Install DHCP tftpd
Goto /var/lib/tftpboot directory:
Download all files from http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis...images/netboot directory to /var/lib/tftpboot (use wget or other download client)

Here is listing of netboot after download:
Output
Now extract netboot.tar.gz file

Configure DHCP server as per your requirements.

Restart the services:
Boot Windows XP desktop system from PXE boot. Goto bios > Setup network boot (PXE)

If everything go according to plan, you should see network Ubentu booting screen. Now just follow on screen installation and do the installation over network.

Cool

It is nice to see that more and more schools moving to Linux.

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