i have dhcp, tftp and www services setup to run PXE boots and use it for all my fedora builds and VMs. works great. i am now trying to setup PXE boot for Kali linux, and want to be able to boot a new ...

In this article, I've decided to follow up on a topic I wrote about not in my column directly, but as a feature article called "PXE Magic" in the April 2008 issue. In that article, I talk about how to ...

So here's something I've been beating my head against. I need to come up with a way to get client computers to PXE boot -- and automatically install -- Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop. So far, I've gotten to a ...

It's funny how automation evolves as system administrators manage larger numbers of servers. When you manage only a few servers, it's fine to pop in an install CD and set options manually. As the ...

One of the aspects of home lab life is that you're constantly reinstalling devices or virtual machines. It gets annoying after a while, which is partly why my home lab server also has copies of the ...

Eradicating Windows and slapping Linux on your computer sure isn’t as easy as it used to be. Modern Windows PCs produced after Windows 8’s release have UEFI firmware with “Secure Boot” enabled. This ...

The folks at the Linux Foundation have come up with a way to make sure that you’ll be able to install an open source operating system on most computers that ship with Windows 8. Up until now, it’s ...