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apatheticattitude LinkI have been working on setting up a PXE server alongside a customised Linux image to boot into over the network. It's been a fun learning experience involving delving into all sorts of different...I have been working on setting up a PXE server alongside a customised Linux image to boot into over the network.
It's been a fun learning experience involving delving into all sorts of different areas. The PXE server uses a wonderful rube goldberg machine of DHCP, TFTP and HTTP to eventually get to where it need to be. The most complex part for me was figuring out how to supply the Linux kernel and small filesystem to load over the network.
It's all working wonderfully as of the start of this week and I've been going over my notes to make sure I know how I would replicate/redo the task but much more efficiently if needed.
I probably should write something up for public consumption. It would be a good exercise if nothing else.
I did piggy back off of netboot.xyz who provide the initial boot environment and do most of the actual arcane magic. They have good support for customisation and self-hosting which was important to me.