[debian-edu-commits] [Debian Wiki] Update of "DebianEdu/Documentation/Trixie/HowTo/NetworkClients" by MikeGabriel

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https://wiki.debian.org/action/diff/DebianEdu/Documentation/Trixie/HowTo/NetworkClients?action=diff&rev1=6&rev2=7

  
  The PXE installation will inherit the language, keyboard layout and mirror settings from the settings used when installing the main server, and the other questions will be asked during installation (profile, popcon participation, partitioning and root password). To avoid these questions, the file {{{/etc/debian-edu/www/debian-edu-install.dat}}} can be modified to provide preselected answers to debconf values. Some examples of available debconf values are already commented in {{{/etc/debian-edu/www/debian-edu-install.dat}}}. Your changes will be lost as soon as {{{debian-edu-pxeinstall}}} is used to recreate the PXE-installation environment. To append debconf values to {{{/etc/debian-edu/www/debian-edu-install.dat}}} during recreation with {{{debian-edu-pxeinstall}}}, add the file {{{/etc/debian-edu/www/debian-edu-install.dat.local}}} with your additional debconf values.
  
- Thanks to the new functionality of {{{debian-edu-pxeinstall}}} in the updated version of {{{debian-edu-config}}}, it is now possible to use different versions of network installers, not just the current one.
+ The {{{debian-edu-pxeinstall}}} since {{{debian-edu-config}}} v2.13.3 allows you to create PXE boot configurations for different versions of the Debian Edu network installer, not just for the current one.
  
- To add previous Debian versions into PXE, follow these steps:
+ To add previous (or later) Debian versions to PXE boot menu, follow these steps:
   1. Add appropriate lines for the desired Debian versions in {{{/etc/apt/sources.list}}}, for example, using {{{sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list}}}:
  {{{
  deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main
@@ -154, +154 @@

   1.#3 Install the required packages:
  {{{
  sudo apt install debian-installer-{11,12,13}-netboot-amd64
- }}}
+ }}} ...and re-run the {{{debian-edu-pxeinstall}}} script.
+  1.#4 Open the APT sources.list file again in an editor and disable APT sources for previous versions of Debian (Edu) again.
+ 
+ Note that with every Debian point release, you need to update the {{{debian-installer-{11,12,13}-netboot-amd64}}} packages. Over time, this multi-version mechanism in {{{debian-edu-pxeinstall}}} will also allow you to add Debian netboot installers to the PXE boot menu that are newer than the OS version of your main server.
  
  More information about modifying PXE installations can be found in the [[DebianEdu/Documentation/Trixie/Installation#Modifying_PXE_installations|Installation]] chapter.