Comments on: Using Windows Deployment Services (WDS) to install Linux over Network (PXE)

By: Paul M

Paul M — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:58:13 +0000

I used this for RHEL menu entry, in case it helps

LABEL rhel-6.1
menu label Redhat EL 6.1
kernel rhel-6.1/amd64/vmlinuz
append vga-normal initrd=rhel-6.1/amd64/initrd.img ramdisk_size=16417 root=/dev/ram rw –

I think it was specifying the ramdisk size that was the magic requried.

By: aslamzai

aslamzai — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 06:12:42 +0000

I installed the ubuntu in my computer but I cant install the network connection on it
so what should i do to connect to the internet.
thanks full in advance.

By: Janet conkle

Janet conkle — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:22:26 +0000

Can I use windows deployment services to install RedHat Linux. I also need to run pre- and post-install scripts on the linux box. Is this doable

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By: new bies

new bies — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:07:41 +0000

i go same problem with krishna…can u give me solution…i was build it for my last final project…sorry if my english so bad..

By: KrishnaChaitanya Ch

KrishnaChaitanya Ch — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 08:11:36 +0000

Hi, Thank you for the great post. I am testing this configuration with WDS on Windows 2008 R2 to deploy Fedora 14. Everthing goes fine till the Disk Setup and when it tries to install Fedora I get this error – ” Unable to Read Package Metadata. This may be due to a missing repo data directory. Please ensue that your install tree has been correctly generated “. I have an ISO of Fedora 14 from the Fedora Project Site and It works fine and installation completes successfully when I try to use the ISO in Virtualbox and also when I install from DVD burnt from the same ISO.

Do I have to modify repomd.xml file or create and add someother .xml file in repodata folder ?

One more thing I am not using kickstart file. Is it mandatory to use ks.cfg

By: Luipxe

Luipxe — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:04:29 +0000

In the WDS included in Windows Server 2008 R2 the UI has changed and you have to use the command line to set the the default boot program.
# Thus to change the boot program to pxelinux.com, the wdsutil command line tool has to be used: (do this also for x64 if you have x64 clients also)

* wdsutil /set-server /bootprogram:boot\x86\pxelinux.com /architecture:x86
* wdsutil /set-server /N12bootprogram:boot\x86\pxelinux.com /architecture:x86

By: Nigcra

Nigcra — Wed, 12 May 2010 07:49:53 +0000

@Nigcra forget about it, i should better read the manual before...

By: Nigcra

Nigcra — Wed, 12 May 2010 07:41:53 +0000

Where to get the pxelinux.com from? I can’t find it in the syslinux-package.

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