Netboot

• initrd.gz - a minimal filesystem to get the real filesystem up and running - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initrd
• vmlinux/vmlinuz/linux - The actual kernel - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vmlinux

• http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/

http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/<VERSION>/main/installer-<ARCHITECTURE>/current/images/netboot/

• Debian has one installer for all versions (stable|testing|unstable) so just grab the latest installer

• http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/<RELEASENAME>/main/installer-<ARCHITECTURE>/current/images/netboot/

• The one installer can install any of the sub-distros (kubuntu, xubuntu)
• The installer will only work for one release and architecture. As I only need it for desktop machines I only keep the latest release.

• gparted i386 version taken straight from the site. Will download /var/www/gparted.filesystem and unpack it into ram to boot the rest of the kernel.

• /srv/tftp
• syslinux is bind mounted from /usr/lib/syslinux to /srv/tftp/syslinux because the netboot needs to be kept up to date but is chrooted into /var/lib/tftpboot.

• Diskless debian via netboot
• Netbooting Ubuntu live cds
• MEMDISK homepage
• Ubuntu Netboot Documentation