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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>NetworkBoot.org</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
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<body>
<div class="page-wrapper">
<div class="header container-fluid">
<div class="row-fluid">
<div class="logo span1">
<a href="." >
<img src="img/logo.svg" width="96" height="96" alt="NetworkBoot.org logo">
</a>
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<div class="span11">
<h1 class="title">NetworkBoot.org</h1>
<div class="subtitle">
A place where beginners can learn the fundamentals of network booting. </div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="menu container-fluid">
<div class="navbar">
<div class="navbar-inner">
<ul class="nav">
<li class="active">
<a href="" >
Front page </a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="fundamentals/" title="Understanding how it all fits together">
Fundamentals </a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="getting_started/" >
Getting started </a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="help/" title="Participate in the network booting community and find answers to your questions">
Getting help </a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="tools/" title="The programs that make network booting possible">
Tools </a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="use_cases/" title="What people want to achieve by setting up a network boot environment">
Use cases </a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="planet/" title="Blog posts from network booting enthusiasts">
Blog roll </a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="other/" >
Other resources </a>
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</ul>
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<h2>What is network booting?</h2>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_boot">Network booting</a>,
or booting from LAN as it is also called, is a process which allows a computer
to start up and load an operating system or other program directly from the
network without any locally attached storage device, like a floppy, CDROM,
USB stick or hard drive.
</p>
<p>On <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_architecture">Intel
architecture</a> computers this is made possible with the <a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment">PXE</a> standard.
PXE extends the features of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS">BIOS</a>
so that it can run software directly from the network. PXE support is now so common that you
can expect it to be present in any reasonably modern computer that comes
with an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_connector#8P8C">Ethernet
jack</a> (commonly known as RJ45).
</p>
<p>This fact alone makes it possible to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booting">boot</a>
an Intel-based computer from the network without having to burn an EEPROM on your
network card, like you had to do in the past.
</p>
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<div class="author block span3">
This site is the brainchild of <a href="https://robin.smidsrod.no/">Robin Smidsrød</a>.
You can reach him directly at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>
if you have any questions. If you like what you see you can use this
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Please go to the site's <a href="https://github.com/networkboot/networkboot.github.com">source control page</a>
if you want to <strong>contribute</strong>. Make your changes and submit a pull request to get it published.
File an issue if you find something you'd like corrected or added.
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