It's funny how automation evolves as system administrators manage larger numbers of servers. When you manage only a few servers, it's fine to pop in an install CD and set options manually. As the ...

What would you say the skill level required to setup a SOHO boot server to supply an image to a couple of Raspberries? I have an old Dell poweredge 1700 kicking around that I was thinking of hosting ...

In response to IT demands for increased efficiency in managing diskless and blade servers, storage-area network vendors have begun crafting next-generation tools that perform advanced server ...

The previous article in this series discussed the process of configuring MDT with the operating system (OS) and drivers required for a computer to be successfully deployed. By leveraging the network, ...

Apple’s NetBoot technology has been a staple part of Mac OS X Server since the latter’s original release. NetBoot allows Mac clients to start and run applications using a server-hosted disk image ...

When the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced Raspbian (Debian) Stretch for x86 and Macs, there was a very brief mention of something called PiServer to manage multiple Pi clients on a network, with a ...

Under normal circumstances, PCs boot from a local storage device, like a hard disk or USB drive, connected to the computer. Workstations, however, can be set up to boot from a network, which can ...

If when you perform the PXE (Preboot Execution Environment) boot on a Surface Laptop by pressing the power and volume-down buttons, the Windows logo may flash, but the PXE boot attempt fails, then ...