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 ...

We’ve talked about PXE booting the Raspberry Pi 3B+, and then looked at the Raspberry Pi 4 as a desktop replacement. But there’s more! The Pi 4 sports a very useful new feature, the flashable ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Administrating large installations of computer desktops requires many tedious system reparations due to software updates, hardware fixes, user mistakes and viruses. To reduce costs, some enterprises ...

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 ...

Back in the day, before interconnected networks, I always carried two or three NetWare client boot diskettes with me when visiting remote sites. Two or three were needed because invariably someone ...