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The URL wouldn't have to be secret. You should not be baking secrets into an OS image anyway. But this is a very cool idea! Just specify e.g. https://start.exam
by rollcat 3y ago
The URL wouldn't have to be secret. You should not be baking secrets into an OS image anyway. But this is a very cool idea! Just specify e.g. https://start.example.com https://start.example.com as your boot URL to get to the installer; you can point the system at your personal data later.
macOS (at least on Intel) is able to download and start the installer from the Internet, straight from the UEFI environment - you just have to hold the right magic button combination. I've only done this once, but it felt like one of those ideas, "why isn't every computer in the world able to do this".