[GH-ISSUE #173] RHEL support #76

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opened 2026-02-27 14:50:16 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments
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Originally created by @pgera on GitHub (Sep 1, 2017).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netbootxyz/netboot.xyz/issues/173

Originally assigned to: @antonym on GitHub.

Since Centos works, RHEL should be quite similar. RHEL isos are publicly available at https://developers.redhat.com/products/rhel/download/ . One issue is that RHEL doesn't have a public mirror. So an intermediate step would be needed to go from ISO to vmlinuz, initrd etc.

Edit: Looks like the isos also need registration. So it probably won't work as is. Maybe a general template, where the user can provide a url to the mounted iso would be a better idea ? A generic template would also work for other RHEL products since they all use RHEL as the base system.

Originally created by @pgera on GitHub (Sep 1, 2017). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netbootxyz/netboot.xyz/issues/173 Originally assigned to: @antonym on GitHub. Since Centos works, RHEL should be quite similar. RHEL isos are publicly available at https://developers.redhat.com/products/rhel/download/ . One issue is that RHEL doesn't have a public mirror. So an intermediate step would be needed to go from ISO to vmlinuz, initrd etc. Edit: Looks like the isos also need registration. So it probably won't work as is. Maybe a general template, where the user can provide a url to the mounted iso would be a better idea ? A generic template would also work for other RHEL products since they all use RHEL as the base system.
kerem 2026-02-27 14:50:16 +03:00
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@antonym commented on GitHub (Sep 1, 2017):

Yeah, the licensed distros are tricky, so I had thought about doing RHEL and even VMware ESX the same way Windows is done, where you just specify the location of the extracted ISO and then it can kick off the installer for you without having to boot a CD.

If that would be useful, I can see about adding that.

<!-- gh-comment-id:326613207 --> @antonym commented on GitHub (Sep 1, 2017): Yeah, the licensed distros are tricky, so I had thought about doing RHEL and even VMware ESX the same way Windows is done, where you just specify the location of the extracted ISO and then it can kick off the installer for you without having to boot a CD. If that would be useful, I can see about adding that.
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@pgera commented on GitHub (Sep 2, 2017):

Yes, that would be useful. I was already able to use this by editing the centos template. So hopefully, it should be straightforward.

<!-- gh-comment-id:326719412 --> @pgera commented on GitHub (Sep 2, 2017): Yes, that would be useful. I was already able to use this by editing the centos template. So hopefully, it should be straightforward.
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@antonym commented on GitHub (Sep 19, 2017):

Support added: https://github.com/antonym/netboot.xyz/pull/184

<!-- gh-comment-id:330407452 --> @antonym commented on GitHub (Sep 19, 2017): Support added: https://github.com/antonym/netboot.xyz/pull/184
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