PXE Network Boot and Install Linux over NFS server

PXE Network Boot is an Intel technology that can boot a system and install OS from remote image source. The prerequisites to achieve this include: a ROM embedded into a network card confroming Intel PXE specification, a DHCP server that can serve as a responser of the request sent by NIC card and assign an IP for it, a remote boottrap and kernel over TFTP protocol. In this demo, additionally we will use a NFS server that provides the actual image source.

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Yogi

24 years of experience in various layers of software. Primarily experienced in system side software design and development on server management software. Interested in linux development in x86 and arm architecture.