Re:Diskless Linux boot using ZFS, iSCSI and PXE
by awesomeusername on Friday May 08, 2026 @12:41AM
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i love HN but also starting to think it's time for us oldies to have our own one: cost of entry, having a distant memory of booting linux from a floppy
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Re:Diskless Linux boot using ZFS, iSCSI and PXE
by nicman23 on Friday May 08, 2026 @01:45AM
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i have the memory of bios being so shit that i had to boot grub from a floppy to boot from a cd
Re:Diskless Linux boot using ZFS, iSCSI and PXE
by cwillu on Friday May 08, 2026 @03:12PM
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My first linux system was a linux-on-a-floppy router that I ran on a spare 386 with two cards to provide NAT for my house, back in the days when internet providers tried to ban people for doing that.