Network booting
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Network booting refers to an environment in which a computer can boot over the computer network it belongs to. In this situation, the operating system is already stored on the server's disk, and specific parts of it are stored on the client using a simple protocol such as the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP). After these parts are transferred, the operating system goes through the boot process.
See also
- Wake-on-LAN (WoL)
- Multi-booting
- Boot disk
- Bootkit
- Comparison of boot loaders
- Linux startup process
- Macintosh startup
- Microreboot
- Multi boot
- Network booting
- RedBoot
- Self-booting disk
- Windows startup process
- iVentoy - A tool for booting & installing an OS over the network