So my current way is to take the ISO, unpack it and and setup my server as a repo mirror, which works fine until I stumbled on a bug in the debian installation where: d-i debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated boolean true is not respected. And i have not figured out how to make the debian installer to work with the ISO over PXE. But if I try to use the same append line as above, using the kernel and initrd from the 'install' dir of the ISO, it will not trigger any download of the ISO when trying to install over PXE.

DHCP / TFTP / pxelinux.cfg/default / preseed, etc is all working fine, and I have no problem starting a Live image over PXE, i just append in the boot config: append boot=live components splash net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0 interface=eth0 fetch= (or fetch filesystem.squashfs)Īlso, writing this ISO to USB and booting from it allows me to both install and run the live version without any issues it attending.

I am trying to create a offline system with unattended Debian ISO installations with PXE, but I cant seem to get it to work. I have been struggling with finding a solution for this for days now, and it feels like I have missed something but I dont know what.

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