[TriLUG] pxe-bootable linux

[Roger via TriLUG]

Try googling "pxe knoppix"
I've apt-get installed apps not included on the bootable iso, which is very complete. Knoppix usually runs well from a bootable thumb drive. Knoppix installs into a ram drive so it doesn't change the host hard drive unless told to. Knoppix cheat codes may also be helpful and, I believe, you could build your own, custom iso with apps you need. 

Let us know what you come up with.

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Roger Broseus

(Please excuse tiepos induzed by the droided predictive text tool.)

On June 25, 2016 11:21:52 AM EDT, Dewey Hylton via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>hi all. i'm looking for a linux distribution/livecd/whatever which can
>be fully booted via pxe. an absolute requirement for this particular
>project is a recent version of hdparm with '-Np' option. ntfs-3g,
>clamav, etc. are each a bonus, but hdparm is a requirement.
>
>in the past i'd boot up any number of the livecd options (dsl,
>robsrtbt, finnix, whatever). but i've gotten to the point where i most
>if not all the machines i deal with now are in remote locations and
>their remote-media capabilities are fairly crummy, mostly owing to java
>or activex requirements. remote control is more stable, so just doing
>pxe works great for most things. however, it seems the few linux
>distributions i've attempted lost connectivity to their
>network-connected boot image upon kernel initialization.
>
>ideally i'd like something which just works off of plain pxe and does
>not require an iscsi target or anything like that. but here i am,
>asking those who most likely have already done something similar, and
>at least know whether what i'm looking to do is even possible. and if
>not possible, i'm hoping someone here can provide some sort of a recipe
>for the pxe-iscsi method or whatever else they have found to work.
>
>in most cases for me, network infrastructure is a mix of openbsd and
>illumos (smartos for virtualization and omnios for file services). but
>linux hdparm is the only thing i've found that can do what i need for
>this particular project ...
>
>thanks for any guidance you may be able to provide.
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