The versatile networkboot loader iPXE
Future
With more ideas, you can easily create comprehensive automation solutions. For example, a script can continually restart the installation environment until the server is successfully installed. Multiple stage installations, that first boot a number of firmware updates and then start the installation, are also possible.
Beyond Linux support, the author of iPXE also offers Wimboot [12], a solution for booting .wim
images for Windows PE over a network [13]. One thing is certain: The huge potential that iPXE offers invites users to experiment and automate.
Infos
- Syslinux: http://www.syslinux.org
- iPXE: http://ipxe.org
- Etherboot project: http://etherboot.org
- iPXE stable trunk: http://git.ipxe.org/ipxe.git
- Customized iPXE version on Github: https://github.com/ImmobilienScout24/ipxe
- Embedding scripts: http://ipxe.org/embed
- Gist: https://gist.github.com/schlomo/e954d20fd09e3291e898
- SAN support: http://ipxe.org/sanuri
- ROM Burning: http://ipxe.org/howto/romburning
- Scripting for iPXE: http://ipxe.org/scripting
- Inventory script: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_wIEKGIMbSX1Qd5JqpaM_vLGglsl_rCOCB8SNJqHCtw/viewanalytics
- Wimboot: http://ipxe.org/wimboot
- Booting Windows PE via iPXE: http://ipxe.org/howto/winpe
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