#How to netboot how to
#How to netboot install
#How to netboot software

We're only going to be using the NetBootSP0 folder in this Instructable. Open it, and create two more folders named NetBootSP0 and NetBootClient0 respectively. Open the /Library folder (or other drive) create a new folder (Command-Shift-N) and name it NetBoot.

If you have plenty of room on your Mac's boot drive, setup the directories in the /Library folder (That's the folder called Library that you see when you open the drive itself, not the Library folder in your Home folder! If you use another drive, substitute ' /Volumes/' everywhere I use ' /Library' in throughout this Instructable. We'll worry about filling the folders later. In order to supply the images to boot from, we first need to define the folders to get them from.

#How to netboot software

Also, be sure that you have a license to support any OS or software that you serve to cover all the computers on your network. Direct references to all of my sources will be in the last step of this Instructable. While most of this information is available elsewhere, I am attempting to put it all in one place and make it possible for less experienced users to accomplish. Nor am I attempting to steal the glory from others that have published processes to do this.

I'm definitely not the first to accomplish this and without the information from others that have, it would have taken me forever to figure out. Much of it can also be done using command-line instructions, but in my opinion, leaves too much room for errors. My process of accomplishing this will, as often as possible, use the GUI utilities available. This can be convenient for installing updates, new OS's or performing diagnostics/repairs. Once this is done, it's automatically turned on and managed by the Operating System. Apple actually put all the pieces into the operating system to do this! All you really need to do is set it up.

#How to netboot how to

# efibootmgr -create -disk /dev/sdd1 -part 1 -loader /EFI/arch_netboot/arch_netboot.In this instructable, I'm going to demonstrate to you how to setup your Mac to allow any other Macs on your network to boot from it. Then you can create a boot entry as follows: # mv ipxe.*.efi esp/EFI/arch_netboot/arch_netboot.efi

#How to netboot install

The ipxe.efi image can be added as a boot option via efibootmgr, launched from a boot manager, like systemd-boot or rEFInd, or directly from the UEFI shell.ДЇirst install the efibootmgr package, then download the UEFI netboot image.ДЄssuming your EFI system partition (ESP) is /dev/sdd1 and mounted under esp, you should move it as follows-let us also give it a more friendly name: The ipxe.efi image can be used to launch Arch Linux netboot in UEFI mode.

This is a menu entry example:ДЇor this example to work you must have pxechn.c32 copied to the directory where your pxelinux.0 resides. This allows configuring a DHCP server such that booting from the network will always boot into Arch Linux netboot.ДЄlternatively, you can also chainload it from existing pxe loader such as pxelinux. It can be chainloaded from an existing PXE environment. $ qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 2G -kernel rn

Now you should be able to boot your usb stick with rn.ДЄlternatively, you can also try the image with QEMU by running the following command:.

# syslinux -directory /boot/syslinux/ -install /dev/sdc1 # dd bs=440 count=1 conv=notrunc if=/usr/lib/syslinux/bios/mbr.bin of=/dev/sdc

Install Syslinux MBR and Syslinux itself.

mnt/boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg DEFAULT arch_netboot

Mount partition, create boot/syslinux directory there and copy rn to the boot directory.

Create a primary partition with FAT32 file system and flag it as active.

Create MBR partition table on the device.

Find out your device path using lsblk.

You can make flash drive that boots rn with the following steps: For example, the Syslinux wiki gives instructions to install and configure Syslinux on a bootable medium. Any Linux boot loader (like GRUB or Syslinux) can be used to load it from your hard drive, a CD or a USB drive. The rn image can be booted like a Linux kernel. To use netboot on a BIOS-based computer, you need either the rn or ipxe.pxe image.