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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
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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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