Is it possible to extract the Astaro security gateway software ISO and install it using a PXE server over/with NFS or HTTP? If so how?
Which kernel and initrd files plus which options should I append to the pxe default configuration file?
As it stands I have a FreeBSD 8.2 server using gPXE for multiple Linux and Window installs. The server runs: Apache22, TFPT, NFS, DHCP, DNS, NAT, IPFW, Samba, SSH, and Binlsrv. I would like to add Astaro to the list but I can't get it to boot and install properly.
The default PXE file looks like this for Astaro:
label Astaro v8
kernel http://192.168.255.254/images/astaro/isolinux/bzImage
initrd http://192.168.255.254/images/astaro/isolinux/initramfs.gz
This boots Astaro and begins the install stall process. During the formatting step it fails at step 2 of 6 asking for install.tar. the exact error is: Error install.tar wasn't found on the installation media. How do I the installer to be seen correctly.
I downloaded the current Astaro V8 ISO from the ftp.astaro.... website to my FreeBSD server. I created a directory /usr/tftpboot/images/astaro. Mounted the Astaro ISO to /mnt. Used rsync -a to make an exact copy of the ISO to the directory astaro. From there is where I have the PXE server loading the files to the end-users for installation. The install.tar is located at /usr/tftpboot/astaro/install. I don't know how to communicate that along with the kernel and initrd file.
I do not want to burn a CD/DVD, USB stick, USB-CDdrive. I want to be able to do it over the network.
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