You could also get a network adapter that is capable of booting over the network without support from your BIOS. Now we put it as the #1 boot option,(save and exit) then restart your computer. Now that network boot is enabled you can see it in the list with cdrom, floppy, and harddrive.
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You will be looking for two things: one says "Enable Network Boot:" with an enable/disable switch. If you don't have access to the manual, just scan around in the BIOS settings.
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You can find out how to enable network booting in the motherboard manual that usually comes with the computer. Now most motherboards with integrated network adapters allow for booting directly over a network adapter. In the past, you needed a simple "PXE boot disk" in order to boot a computer over PXE. Luckily, Porteus has all of this taken care of for us - it will automatically configure all of this for you when you select the PXE boot option from the boot menu.
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The PXE firmware usually asks for this network bootstrap program. This tftp hosts the kernel and whatever else you decide to put there. Also there is a tftp (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) which needs to be set up. If you are thinking, "I already have dhcp provided by my router!", please know that this is insufficient, as you will most likely be unable to configure the path for the network bootstrap program. Typically it hosts DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). Your server will need to do a couple of things.
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This means you can spend less time running around to resolve software issues. One last great advantage of PXE booting is that you can have all of your configuration stored on one machine. Other good reasons to mess around with PXE are that it is fun and you can learn more. And those were the cheapest data storage devices I could find. So if we are setting up a network with 101 computers(1 server, 100 clients) we could potentially save (100 X (cost of harddrive)) + (100 X (cost of cdrom)). These prices are from pricewatch night of June 11, 2011. You can do this with as few as 2 computers (1 server, 1 client) or you can do it with as many as can get your hands on. A short and simple explanation of PXE is that it allows you to boot a computer over a network without requiring a harddrive or cdrom.
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PXE is short for Preboot Execution Envionment. This document is currently under construction, in draft form.