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Diskless Remote Boot in Linux
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<p>DRBL (Diskless Remote Boot in Linux) is a <a href="/facts/Network_File_System_(protocol)/jWRRALVo">NFS</a>-/<a href="/facts/Network_Information_Service/MawdYWjj">NIS</a> server providing a <a href="/facts/Diskless_client/fWUz9KyF">diskless</a> or systemless environment for client machines. </p><p>It could be used for </p> <ul><li>cloning machines with <a href="/facts/Clonezilla/IHU6dqVY">Clonezilla</a> software inbuilt,</li> <li>providing for a network installation of Linux distributions like Fedora, Debian, etc.,</li> <li>providing machines via PXE boot (or similar means) with a small size operation system (e.g., DSL, Puppy Linux, FreeDOS).</li></ul> <p>Providing a DRBL-Server </p> <ul><li>Installation on a machine running a supported Linux distribution via installation script,</li> <li><a href="/facts/Live_CD/J4bpHUs1">Live CD</a>.</li></ul> <p>Installation is possible on a machine with <a href="/facts/Debian/cBd93qfJ">Debian</a>, <a href="/facts/Ubuntu_(operating_system)/0WDd7hkb">Ubuntu</a>, <a href="/facts/Mandriva/508ul05F">Mandriva</a>, <a href="/facts/Red_Hat_Linux/kIU5PueU">Red Hat Linux</a>, <a href="/facts/Fedora_(operating_system)/LJ2ocge5">Fedora</a>, <a href="/facts/CentOS/FGGc2cIx">CentOS</a> or <a href="/facts/SUSE_S.A./qQvcGEUX">SuSE</a> already installed. like <a href="/facts/Linux_Terminal_Server_Project/QXgat3M8">LTSP</a>, it uses distributed hardware resources and makes it possible for clients to fully access local hardware, thus making it feasible to use server machines with less power. DRBL also includes <a href="/facts/Clonezilla/IHU6dqVY">Clonezilla</a>, a partitioning and disk cloning utility similar to Symantec Ghost. </p><p>DRBL comes under the terms of the <a href="/facts/GNU_GPL/S75KhLSX">GNU GPL</a> license so providing the user with the ability to customize it. </p>