Hello everyone! I have a question that I would like to ask.

1) I want to setup a PXE server on my Linode and have my local computers in my home network, boot to the PXE server hosted on Linode. Is this possible? if so, Can someone outline the steps.

I'm currently hosting my own server in my house, that does PXE booting. I use the PXE server for PC repairs. I load ISO repair images on the PXE server, then I will boot a laptop that I'm working on to the PXE server and use the ISO images that are hosted on there. Here is my current PXE setup on my home server.I would like to do all of this on my Linode.


LABEL CENTOS INSTALL
kernel memdisk
append iso initrd=netinstall.iso
MENU CENTOS INSTALL
ENDTEXT

LABEL DEBIAN
kernel memdisk
append iso initrd=debian.iso
MENU DEBIAN
ENDTEXT

LABEL OPCHACK
kernel memdisk
append iso initrd=ophcrack.iso raw
MENU OPHCRACK
ENDTEXT

LABEL CENTOS 5.8
kernel memdisk
append iso initrd=centos.5.8.iso raw
MENU CENTOS 5.8

LABEL UBCD
kernel memdisk
append iso initrd=ubcd511.iso raw
MENU UBCD
ENDTEXT

LABEL HIREN BOOT CD
kernel memdisk
append iso initrd=Hiren.bootcd.iso raw
MENU HIREN BOOT CD
ENDTEXT

LABEL RIPLINUX
kernel memdisk
append iso initrd=RIPLinuX-13.5.iso raw
MENU RIPLINUX
ENDTEXT

LABEL MINILINUX
kernel memdisk
append iso initrd=MINILINUX.iso raw
MENU MINILINUX
ENDTEXT

LABEL IFL
kernel memdisk
append iso initrd=IFL.ISO raw
MENU IFL
ENDTEXT

I would like to use my Linode for this type of setup is it possible?

Thanks

Why?

Seems like a huge waste of bandwidth.

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Either provide enough details for people to help, or sit back and listen to the crickets chirp.
Security thru obscurity is a myth - and really really annoying.

This seems useless, and your home setup is a bit bizarre; the scenario you describe is vastly better served by a USB stick (one of those things that gives you a menu of which ISO to boot on the USB stick, for example).

I can't think of a particular reason why it wouldn't work; it's all unicast IP, if I recall correctly. You'd just tell your DHCP server to serve out your Linode's IP address instead of your existing server.

You might want to consider something like gPXE to reduce suckage.

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