To boot from LAN, you need to have a PXE server, a DHCP server, and a server to share files. If the data transfer rate in your LAN is slower than the read/write speed of boot devices such as USB, HDD or DVD, the speed is the downside of this method.ĪIO Boot supports Windows installation from network boot. You can install Windows by integrating ISO and using the Windows Installer or booting into WinPE and installing Windows manually. Most Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, Arch Linux are also supported. If you boot from the LAN, the boot loader and operating systems will download the necessary files from the LAN. The advantage of network booting is that you will not need to attach boot devices to clients (except cables). If you boot from USB, boot loader and operating systems will use the files on USB. You just need a computer to replace the other bootable devices like USB, HDD and DVD… Of course, clients need to have a local area network connection with the server and have network boot support.
It supports you to do a lot of work such as installing OS, running tools to Ghost, managing partitions, backup and recovery. Since the early versions of AIO Boot, this tool has supported booting from the LAN. This article will guide you how to install OS through Network boot. Boot from LAN is really useful if you have lots of computers.
