Netboot Linux over the internet

Re:Netboot Linux over the internet by danfolkes on Saturday July 29, 2017 @08:57PM (#14883829)

This is great! Especially for utility disks like gparted.

No longer needing to make 30 different bootable CDs or bootable USBs is nice.

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Re:Netboot Linux over the internet by askvictor on Sunday July 30, 2017 @07:59AM (#14885569)

Indeed, although with modern laptops not having Ethernet ports, it would need to be able to use wifi

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Re:Netboot Linux over the internet by voltagex_ on Sunday July 30, 2017 @12:36PM (#14886687)

IPXE only supports one WiFi chips and many laptops have a whitelist of USB Ethernet adaptors they'll PXE boot from.

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