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To enable the clients to use the BitTorrent transport you need to specify the boot parameter BITTORRENT=y. Typically this can be done appending this option at the end of the kernel boot string in /etc/systemimager/pxelinux.cfg/syslinux.cfg or passing it via the --append option in the commands that allow it (si_mkclientnetboot, si_mkautoinstallcd, si_mkautoinstalldisk).
Here is a typical syslinux.cfg configured to enable all your clients to use auto-installation with the BitTorrent transport:
DEFAULT systemimager # # Uncomment next line to send pxelinux boot prompt over serial port 0. # NOTE: Be sure your serial port speed is appropriate (57600, 9600, etc.) # #SERIAL 0 57600 DISPLAY message.txt PROMPT 1 TIMEOUT 50 # Add the following to the append line above to use your first serial port # (ttyS0) as a console in addition to your monitor (tty0). NOTE: Be sure # your serial port speed is appropriate (57600, 9600, etc.) # #console=ttyS0,57600 # Add the following to the append line above to increase the size of your tmpfs # filesystem. About 100MB larger than your image size should suffice. # # Other tmpfs mount options are also supported. See the FAQ for details. #tmpfs_size=800M LABEL systemimager KERNEL kernel APPEND vga=extended initrd=initrd.img root=/dev/ram BITTORRENT=y MONITOR_SERVER=172.16.36.1 MONITOR_CONSOLE=yes |
Last step consists to boot your clients with the proper auto-install boot media and enjoy the auto-installation with BitTorrent.
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