Phrank's Ubuntu Blog

PXE Network booting allows you to boot a computer over the network.
This means I can install an OS, or run a live cd on a computer that doesn't have a CD-ROM drive or Hard drive.
I can also install Ubuntu without needing to burn a CD every time.

It's pretty sweet.

I'm using Ubuntu Server 8.04 for my PXE server.
A PXE server consists of two things (Same for Windows based OSs):
* A DHCP server that hands out the correct info (In Windows DHCP management it's options 066 & 067)
* A TFTP server that shares the bootable files over the network.