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From: Vittorio Mori <vittorio.mori@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 13:46:22 +0200
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Subject: Re: iPXE Netboot entirely to RAM
To: EfraimVagner <EfraimVagner@protonmail.com>
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It's definitely possible.

Some resources about it:

https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/PXE_boot

https://blog.skunkw0rks.io/blog/2018/09/03/pxe-boot-alpine-linux-pt.-1/

https://blog.haschek.at/2019/build-your-own-datacenter-with-pxe-and-alpine.html



Il giorno sab 25 lug 2020 alle ore 09:17 EfraimVagner <
EfraimVagner@protonmail.com> ha scritto:

> Hi,
> So I'm looking for a certain something that Alpine Linux seems like
> exactly what I'm looking for but I just want to make sure that it actually
> works the way I want it to.
>
> Basically what I want is to have a server that will distribute Alpine
> Linux images, but I don't want there to be constant communication between
> the clients and the server. What I mean by this is that I want to have this
> workflow:
>
>     1. I attach a diskless computer to my server.
>     2. I boot the computer, via iPXE it boots into an Alpine Linux from
> server.
>     3. Now it doesn't preform any kind communication with the server
> anymore, as it has all it needs in its RAM.
>     4. Essentially I can disconnect my computer from the server and it
> should keep working.
>
> Will this be the default behavior? If not how easy will it be to configure
> it to work this way?
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">It&#39;=
s definitely possible.=C2=A0<br><br>Some resources about it:<br><br><a href=
=3D"https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/PXE_boot">https://wiki.alpinelinux.or=
g/wiki/PXE_boot</a><br><br><a href=3D"https://blog.skunkw0rks.io/blog/2018/=
09/03/pxe-boot-alpine-linux-pt.-1/">https://blog.skunkw0rks.io/blog/2018/09=
/03/pxe-boot-alpine-linux-pt.-1/</a><br><br><a href=3D"https://blog.haschek=
.at/2019/build-your-own-datacenter-with-pxe-and-alpine.html">https://blog.h=
aschek.at/2019/build-your-own-datacenter-with-pxe-and-alpine.html</a><br><b=
r><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"lt=
r" class=3D"gmail_attr">Il giorno sab 25 lug 2020 alle ore 09:17 EfraimVagn=
er &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:EfraimVagner@protonmail.com">EfraimVagner@protonma=
il.com</a>&gt; ha scritto:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding=
-left:1ex"><div><div>Hi,<br></div><div>So I&#39;m looking for a certain som=
ething that Alpine Linux seems like exactly what I&#39;m looking for but I =
just want to make sure that it actually works the way I want it to.<br></di=
v><div><div><br></div></div><div>Basically what I want is to have a  server=
 that will distribute Alpine Linux images, but I don&#39;t want there to be=
 constant communication between the clients and the server. What I mean by =
this is that I want to have this workflow:<br></div><div><div><br></div></d=
iv><div>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 1. I attach a diskless computer to my server.<br=
></div><div>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 2. I boot the computer, via iPXE it boots in=
to an Alpine Linux from server.<br></div><div>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 3. Now it =
doesn&#39;t preform any kind communication with the server anymore, as it h=
as all it needs in its RAM.<br></div><div>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 4. Essentially=
 I can disconnect my computer from the server and it should keep working.<b=
r></div><div><div><br></div></div><div>Will this be the default behavior? I=
f not how easy will it be to configure it to work this way?<br></div><div>T=
hanks in advance!<br></div><div><div><br></div></div></div><div><br></div><=
/blockquote></div>

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