ipxe configuration from network and automatic OS selection from PXE boot menu

[kumesh]

Hi,

Currently we are using WDS for windows OS installation and to support the Linux OS installation we have also configured the PXELinux. We have also created a custom PXE menu to support the different version of Linux OS and using pxeboot.0 kernel to redirect for windows OS of WDS menu. Now we want to automate the OS installation process on client machine so we are using unattended files for windows and kick start configuration files for the Linux OS. And it’s working fine as expected once we select the respective OS from the PXE boot menu.

Now as per our requirement, I want to fully automate this process. Like instead of selecting OS from the PXE boot menu manually, I need to achieve something like for this particular client machine specific OS needs to be installed.

While doing research, I came across through the ipxe. Can I accomplish this requirement through ipxe? Also can you please let me know how can I configure the ipxe for network boot? Like I burn ipxe.iso into CD and I am able to boot through ipxe.

Please feel free to contact me in case of any queries.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Kumesh