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Thursday 18 June 2020

netboot.xyz


Network bootable operating system installer based on iPXE. 

Bootloader Downloads

Legacy (PCBIOS) iPXE Bootloaders

TypeBootloaderDescription
ISOnetboot.xyz.isoUsed for CD/DVD, Virtual CDs, DRAC/iLO, VMware, Virtual Box
USBnetboot.xyz.usbUsed for creation of USB Keys
Kernelnetboot.xyz.lkrnUsed for booting from GRUB/EXTLINUX
Floppynetboot.xyz.dskVirtual floppy disk for DRAC/iLO, VMware, Virtual Box, etc
DHCPnetboot.xyz.kpxeDHCP boot image file, uses built-in iPXE NIC drivers
DHCP-undionlynetboot.xyz-undionly.kpxeDHCP boot image file, use if you have NIC issues

UEFI iPXE Bootloaders

TypeBootloaderDescription
ISOnetboot.xyz-efi.isoUsed for CD/DVD, Virtual CDs, DRAC/iLO, VMware, Virtual Box
USBnetboot.xyz-efi.usbUsed for creation of USB Keys
DHCPnetboot.xyz.efiDHCP boot image file, uses built-in iPXE NIC drivers
DHCP-snpnetboot.xyz-snp.efiEFI w/ Simple Network Protocol, attempts to boot all net devices
DHCP-snponlynetboot.xyz-snponly.efiEFI w/ Simple Network Protocol, only boots from device chained from
SHA256 checksums are generated during each build of iPXE and are located here. You can also view the scripts that are embedded into the images here.

What is netboot.xyz?

netboot.xyz is a convenient place to boot into any type of operating system or utility disk without the need of having to go spend time retrieving the ISO just to run it. iPXE is used to provide a user friendly menu from within the BIOS that lets you easily choose the operating system you want along with any specific types of versions or bootable flags.
If you already have iPXE up and running on the network, you can hit netboot.xyz at anytime by typing:
chain --autofree https://boot.netboot.xyz/ipxe/netboot.xyz.lkrn
or when in EFI mode:
chain --autofree https://boot.netboot.xyz/ipxe/netboot.xyz.efi
This will load the appropriate netboot.xyz kernel with all of the proper options enabled.

Documentation

See netboot.xyz for all documentation. Some links to get started with are:
If you'd like to contribute to the documentation, the netboot.xyz documentation is located at netboot.xyz-docs.

Self Hosting netboot.xyz

For those users who want to deploy their own netboot.xyz environment, you can leverage the same scripts that are used to deploy the hosted environment. The source scripts are all Ansible templates and can be generated and customized to your preference.
Please see the self-hosting docs for more information but in short:

Deploying using Ansible

To generate, run:
ansible-playbook -i inventory site.yml
The build output will be located in /var/www/html by default.

Deploying with Docker

docker build -t localbuild -f Dockerfile-build .
docker run --rm -it -v $(pwd):/buildout localbuild
The build output will be in the generated folder buildout

Local Overrides

Ansible will handle source generation as well as iPXE disk generation with your settings. It will generate Legacy (PCBIOS) and UEFI iPXE disks that can be used to load into your netboot.xyz environment. If you want to override the defaults, you can put overrides in user_overrides.yml. See user_overrides.yml for examples.
Using the overrides file, you can override all of the settings from the defaults/main.yml so that you can easily change the boot mirror URLs when the menus are rendered. If you prefer to do this after the fact, you can also edit the boot.cfg to make changes, but keep in mind those changes will not be saved when you redeploy the menu.

Self Hosted Custom Options

In addition to being able to host netboot.xyz locally, you can also create your own custom templates for custom menus within netboot.xyz. Please see Custom User Menus for more information.

What Operating Systems are currently available on netboot.xyz?

Operating Systems

NameURLInstaller KernelLive OS
Alpine Linuxhttps://alpinelinux.orgYesNo
Anarchy Linuxhttps://www.anarchylinux.orgYesNo
Arch Linuxhttps://www.archlinux.orgYesNo
Backboxhttps://www.backbox.orgNoYes
BlackArch Linuxhttps://blackarch.orgYesYes
Bluestar Linuxhttps://sourceforge.net/projects/bluestarlinuxNoYes
Bodhi Linuxhttps://www.bodhilinux.comNoYes
CentOShttps://centos.orgYesNo
CoreOShttp://coreos.com/YesNo
Debianhttps://debian.orgYesYes
Deepinhttps://www.deepin.orgNoYes
Devuanhttps://devuan.orgYesNo
Elementary OShttps://elementary.ioNoYes
Fatdog64https://distro.ibiblio.org/fatdog/web/NoYes
Fedorahttps://fedoraproject.orgYesYes
Feren OShttps://ferenos.weebly.com/YesNo
Flatcar Linuxhttps://www.flatcar-linux.orgYesNo
FreeBSDhttps://freebsd.orgYes, disk imageNo
FreeDOShttp://www.freedos.orgISO - MemdiskNo
Gentoohttps://gentoo.orgYesYes
IPFirehttps://www.ipfire.orgYesNo
Kali Linuxhttps://www.kali.orgYesYes
KDE Neonhttps://neon.kde.orgNoYes
Kodachihttps://www.digi77.com/linux-kodachi/NoYes
Linux Litehttps://www.linuxliteos.comNoYes
LXLEhttps://lxle.net/NoYes
Mageiahttps://www.mageia.orgYesNo
Manjarohttps://manjaro.orgNoYes
Minthttps://linuxmint.comNoYes
Microsoft Windowshttps://www.microsoft.comUser supplied mediaNo
MirOShttps://www.mirbsd.orgYesNo
Nitruxhttps://nxos.org/NoYes
NixOShttps://nixos.orgYesNo
OpenBSDhttps://openbsd.orgYesNo
OpenSUSEhttps://opensuse.orgYesNo
Oracle Linuxhttps://www.oracle.com/linux/YesInstaller
Parrot Securityhttps://www.parrotsec.orgYesYes
Pepperminthttps://peppermintos.comNoYes
Pop OShttps://system76.com/popNoYes
Q4OShttps://q4os.orgNoYes
Raizohttps://sourceforge.net/projects/live-raizo/NoYes
RancherOShttps://rancher.com/rancher-osYesNo
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxhttps://www.redhat.comUser supplied mediaNo
Regolithhttps://regolith-linux.orgNoYes
Scientific Linuxhttps://scientificlinux.orgYesNo
Septorhttps://septor.sourceforge.ioNoYes
Slackwarehttps://www.slackware.comYesNo
SmartOShttps://www.joyent.com/smartosYesNo
SparkyLinuxhttps://sparkylinux.org/NoYes
Tiny Core Linuxhttps://tinycorelinux.netYesYes
Ubuntuhttps://www.ubuntu.comYesYes
Velthttps://velt.io/NoYes
Voyagerhttps://voyagerlive.orgNoYes
Zen Installerhttps://sourceforge.net/projects/revenge-installerYesNo
Zorin OShttps://zorinos.comNoYes

Utilities

NameURLType
4MLinuxhttps://4mlinux.com/Kernel/Initrd
ALT Linux Rescuehttps://en.altlinux.org/RescueISO - Memdisk
BakAndImgCDhttps://bakandimgcd.4mlinux.com/Kernel/Initrd
Boot Repair CDhttps://sourceforge.net/projects/boot-repair-cd/LiveCD
Breakinhttp://www.advancedclustering.com/products/software/breakin/Kernel/Initrd
CAINEhttps://www.caine-live.net/LiveCD
Clonezillahttp://www.clonezilla.org/LiveCD
DBANhttp://www.dban.org/Kernel
GPartedhttp://gparted.orgLiveCD
Grmlhttp://grml.orgLiveCD
Kaspersky Rescue Diskhttps://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/krd18LiveCD
Memtesthttp://www.memtest.org/Kernel
Rescatuxhttps://www.supergrubdisk.org/rescatux/LiveCD
Super Grub2 Diskhttp://www.supergrubdisk.orgISO - Memdisk
System Rescue CDhttp://www.system-rescue-cd.org/LiveCD
The Smallest Server Suitehttps://thesss.4mlinux.com/Kernel/Initrd
Ultimate Boot CDhttp://www.ultimatebootcd.comISO - Memdisk
from https://github.com/netbootxyz/netboot.xyz

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