What is Diskless Remote Boot in Linux mean? DRBL (Diskless Remote Boot in Linux) is a NFS-/NIS server providing a diskless or systemless environment for client machines.
It could be used for
cloning machines with Clonezilla software inbuilt,providing for a network installation of Linux distributions like Fedora, Debian, etc.,providing machines via PXE boot (or similar means) with a small size operation system (e.g., DSL, Puppy Linux, FreeDOS).
Providing a DRBL-Server
Installation on a machine running a supported Linux distribution via installation script,Live CD.
Installation is possible on a machine with Debian, Ubuntu, Mandriva, Red Hat Linux, Fedora, CentOS or SuSE already installed. Unlike LTSP, 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. It also includes Clonezilla, a partitioning and disk cloning utility similar to Symantec Ghost.
DRBL comes under the terms of the GNU GPL license so providing the user with the ability to customize it.
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