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		maherbeg on April 28, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just y... What are they netbooting from? Presumably there's a root device somewhere?

LeoPanthera on April 28, 2023 [–]

Yes, a TrueNAS box running a TFTP server for /boot and NFS for root.

The server is discovered via DHCP.

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