pxe boot, "live cd", ubuntu kiosk

[Carl Karsten]

lartc wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> curios if anyone has successfully been able to boot the "live cd" from
> pxe. obviously this could be very cool for an internet cafe, etc, where
> a new "install" is performed after a reboot.
> 
> i get well along with pxe, but the installer looks for a cdrom and the
> kernel doesn't seem to have net drivers, so doing an nfs mount to fake a
> local cdrom is not currently possible.
> 
> the kernel for a netinstall correctly finds the network card, but then
> the installer looks for a mirror ...
> 
> any ideas?
> 

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ThinClientHowto

just posted today - I am hoping to try it out in the next few hours.

^Carl