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netboot on the Pi 4 is only going to be added in a future firmware update. Netboot is critical to the operation of our cloud, as it prevents customers from bric
by ChuckMcM 7y ago
netboot on the Pi 4 is only going to be added in a future firmware update. Netboot is critical to the operation of our cloud, as it prevents customers from bricking the servers. Our dreams were shattered.
This is unfortunate, its something I use a lot. Guess I'll wait to get a Pi4.
- KirinDave 7y agoThe big news is that from a hardware perspective netboot is possible. That has not always been the case.
- stedaniels 7y agoBut has been the case since the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B IIRC.
- KirinDave 7y agoYeah, we just had to wait for firmware.
- TD-Linux 7y agoI wonder if they could have used something like petitboot? That way they don't depend on Pi4 firmware for netbooting. It does require a sd card, but it's read only and tiny.
- grafelic 7y agoThere is also iPXE, where a solution would be to use a small ipxe iso/lkrn and combine it with a boot loader written to a sd and then bootstrap the system over the network from there. http://ipxe.org/appnote/buildtargets http://ipxe.org/appnote/buildtargets