netboot.xyz

netboot.xyz

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 OS you want along with any specific types of versions or bootable flags.

You can remote attach the ISO to servers, set it up as a rescue option in Grub, or even set your home network to boot to it by default so that it's always available.

Grab these bootloaders and drop them in Fusion/VirtualBox/DRAC/iLO to get started:

• ISO: dhcp | static
• Floppy/USB: dhcp | static
• Linux Bootable Kernel: dhcp | static
• SHA256 Checksums

If you already have iPXE up and running on the network, you can hit netboot.xyz at anytime by typing:

chain --autofree http://boot.netboot.xyz

Full documentation is at ReadTheDocs:

• http://netbootxyz.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

What Operating Systems are available?

• ArchLinux
• CentOS
• CoreOS
• Debian
• Fedora
• FreeBSD
• Gentoo
• Kali
• OpenBSD
• OpenSUSE
• RancherOS
• Scientific
• TinyCoreLinux
• Ubuntu
• WinPE

Utilities

• Clonezilla
• HDT
• Memtest

Feedback

Feel free to open up an issue on github or contact me at antony@mes.ser.li

Testing New Branches

Under the Utilities menu on netboot.xyz, there's an option for "Test netboot.xyz branch". If you've forked the code and have developed a new feature branch, you can use this option to chainload into that branch to test and validate the code. All you need to do is specify your github user name and the name of your branch or abbreviated hash of the commit.