install-pxe-server

setup a Raspberry Pi as an PXE-Server.

it is a private project i have made for myself.

i did not keeped an eye on network security.

USE IT AT YOU OWN RISK.

what is it good for?

the scripts installs necessary packages to let your RPi act as a DHCP, TFTP, Samba, NFS, PXE server. and it will download LiveDVD ISOs you can boot your PXE client (Desktop PC) to.

the script can easely be modified to add additional ISOs or update ISOs if updated ones are available.

requirements

hardware:

• Raspberry Pi (with LAN)
• SD card (big enough to hold entire ISO images of desired Live DVDs), (e.g. 64GByte)
• USB memory stick (for preloaded iso images), (e.g. 64GByte)
• working network environment with a connection to internet

optional, if your SD card is too small or you dont want to have all the server content on the SD card, you can use the USB memory stick to hold all content. for that you have to do small tiny changes on the scripts.

software:

• Raspbian Jessie (2016-02-09, https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/)

installation:

assuming, your Raspberry Pi is running Raspbian Jessie (2016-02-09), and has a proper connection to the internet via LAN. and your SD card can hold all the iso images, and you have plugged an USB-memory-stick that has the has a label PXE-Server and the folowing folder structure on the USB memory stick:

/tftp
/tftp/iso

optional structure for win-pe pxe boot

/tftp/pxeboot.0
/tftp/bootmgr.exe
/tftp/boot/

1. run bash install-pxe-server_pass1.sh to install necessary packages
2. reboot your RPi with sudo reboot
3. run bash install-pxe-server_pass2.sh to copy/download iso images of LiveDVDs, mount and export them and setup PXE menu according installed images.
4. reboot your RPi with sudo reboot

done.

note:

the script will copy/download/mount following ISOs:

win-pe-x86.iso        # Microsoft Windows PE, can not be downloaded, you have to create by yourself
ubuntu-x64.iso        # Ubuntu
ubuntu-x86.iso
ubuntu-lts-x64.iso    # Ubuntu LTS
ubuntu-lts-x86.iso
ubuntu-nopae.iso      # an old Ubuntu with non-PAE for old PCs
debian-x64.iso        # Debian
debian-x86.iso
gnuradio-x64.iso      # GNU Radio
deft-x64.iso          # DEFT
kali-x64.iso          # Kali Linux
pentoo-x64.iso        # Pentoo Linux
systemrescue-x86.iso  # System Rescue
bankix-x86.iso        # c't Bankix
desinfect-x86.iso     # c't desinfect, is not downloadable, you have to get by yourself

the following url files will contain the url of the iso image, where to download, to compare if you have the requested iso already downloaded, to prevent downloading an iso newly, when it is done already.

win-pe-x86.url
ubuntu-x64.url
ubuntu-x86.url
ubuntu-lts-x64.url
ubuntu-lts-x86.url
ubuntu-nopae.url
debian-x64.url
debian-x86.url
gnuradio-x64.url
deft-x64.url
kali-x64.url
pentoo-x64.url
systemrescue-x86.url
bankix-x86.url
desinfect-x86.url

note2:

some of the PXE-menu entries has additional parameters, that lets the Live systems boot with german language (keyboard layout). if you dont like or want, remove those additional parameters just behind the ' --' in the menu entries