[hemmerling] Booting from Devices

Related page:

• Device Description Languages and Device Parameterization.

• FreeBSD, Jerry Kendall "Diskless X Server: a how to guide".
• Etherboot / gPXE / iPXE.
  • iPXE.
  • Wiki Etherboot/gPXE Wiki - “gPXE is an open source (GPL) network bootloader”.
  • EN.Wikipedia "gPXE", DE.Wikipedia "Etherboot".
  • EN.Wikipedia "iPXE".
• Kickstart.
  • EN.Wikipedia "Kickstart (Linux)" - “The Red Hat Kickstart installation method is used primarily (but not exclusively) by the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system to automatically perform unattended operating system installation and configuration. Red Hat publishes Cobbler as a tool to automate the Kickstart configuration process”.
  • EN.Wikipedia "Cobbler (software)".
    • “A Linux provisioning server that facilitates and automates the network-based system installation of multiple computer operating systems from a central point using services such as DHCP, TFTP, and DNS. It can be configured for PXE, reinstallations, and virtualized guests using Xen, KVM or VMware”.
    • “Cobbler originally targeted and packaged for RPM-based installs via Kickstart and Anaconda, and was previously hosted as part of the Fedora Project.[4] From Jan 19, 2011 Cobbler has been packaged for Ubuntu. Since 2012 Canonical Ltd has used Cobbler for test automation of OpenStack on Ubuntu”.
• linuxDoc.org HowTo "Network-boot-HOWTO".
• SourceForge "Netboot", SourceForge "Netboot" - “It allows to remote boot a computer over an IP network without access to a hard disk or a diskette. It is therefore ideally suited for diskless or thin clients using an x86 processor”.
• Archive.org "Victoria Compilation: Net Boot and Diskless Workstations. Using Netboot, Linux and X window system" ( - 2003-12-05 ).
• Archive.org "Ken Yap: An Introduction to Network Booting and Etherboot" ( - 2002-02-08 ).

• Archive.org "AppDeploy.com - Step-by-Step: Creating a Network Boot Disk Using Windows NT's Network Client Administrator" ( - 2007-09-12 ).
• Archive.org "AppDeploy.com - Network Boot Disks".
• J. David Bryan "Direct Boot Into WinNT/Win95/DOS".
• J. David Bryan "Dual-booting Windows NT and DOS/Win95. When C: Is NTFS".
• BootPart 2.60: Boot Partitions for WinNT.

• EN.Wikipedia "Coreboot", DE.Wikipedia "coreboot" by Google.
• EN.Wikipedia "Libreboot", DE.Wikipedia "Libreboot".
• EN.Wikipedia "Unified Extensible Firmware Interface", EN.Wikipedia "Unified Extensible Firmware Interface".

• Barebox - “Formerly known as U-Boot 2”.
• EN.Wikipedia "coreboot", DE.Wikipedia "coreboot" - X86 BIOS replacement.
• EN.Wikipedia "GNU GRUB", DE.Wikipedia "GNU GRUB".
• OpenFirmware:
  • See FORTH 4/6.
  • Linux Device Tree / Flattened Device Tree ( FDT ) → See Device Description Languages and Device Parameterization.
• RedBoot.
• Ultimate Boot CD.
• U-Boot.
  • Due to copyright issues, never forget the ”-” in “U-Boot” .
  • SourceForge "Das U-Boot - Universal Bootloader", SourceForge "Das U-Boot - Universal Bootloader".
  • DENX Software Engineering.
    • Git repository of DENX Software Engineering.
    • Wiki The DENX U-Boot and Linux Guide (DULG).
      • The DENX U-Boot and Linux Guide (DULG) "Das U-Boot -- the Universal Boot Loader".
  • EN.Wikipedia "Das U-Boot", DE.Wikipedia "Das U-Boot".
  • The U-Boot shell is based on EN.Wikipedia "Almquist shell".
  • The file systems EXT2 and FAT are supported by U-Boot, natively.

• Hewlett Packard ROMPaq.
  • Hewlett-Packard "ROMPaq für HP Notebook System-BIOS (68YTT) - FreeDOS Bootable Media.
  • The free CHIP Online "HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool".
    • The free CHIP Online "USB-DOS" → MSDOS of WinME.
• The free software Microsoft Store "USB/DVD-Downloadtool für Windows 7" enables you to install Win7 from an ISO image on a USB stick of 4 GB size.
  • Microsoft Download "Windows Image Mastering API v2.0 (IMAPIv2.0) für Windows XP (KB932716)".
• The OpenSource SourceForge "Win32DiskImager", SourceForge "Win32DiskImager. This tool is used for writing images to USB sticks or SD/CF cards".

• The free software LinuxLive USB Creator for Windows.
• Pendrivelinux.com - Easily run Linux from a portable USB Device, SourceForge "Pendrivelinux", SourceForge "Pendrivelinux".
  • The free Pendrivelinux "Universal USB Installer (UUI)" for Windows - “A Live Linux USB Creator that allows you to choose from a selection of Linux Distributions to put on your USB Flash Drive”.
    • WUBI is installed on the USB stick for booting Linux.
  • Dedoimedo - A place to learn a about a lot! "Pendrivelinux - Be cool anywhere you go", 2008-04-05.
• The OpenSource SourceForge "UNetbootin", SourceForge "UNetbootin, Universal Netboot Installer. Bootable Live USB Creator" for Windows and Linux.

• Alex Intelligent Software "AS SSD Benchmark" - “Ermittelt die Performance von Solid State Drives (SSD)”.
• Nirsoft by Nir Sofer.
  • Nirsoft "USBDeview" - View all installed/connected USB devices on your system.

• bootdisk.info, bootcd.info - “The web resource for bootable Media”.
• Buildroot - “Making Embedded Linux Easy. Buildroot is a simple, efficient and easy-to-use tool to generate embedded Linux systems through cross-compilation”.
• “Device Tree”.
  • On the ARM target, the most important change from Linux 3.0 ( 2011 ) to Linux 3.10 ( 2013 ) was the implementation of a “Device Tree” for standardisation of SOC / ARM hardware drivers.
  • FDTWiki.
    • “Flattened Device Tree ( FDT )”
    • “Device Tree”.
  • EN.Wikipedia "Device tree".
  • Open Firmware & OpenBIOS.
    • Wiki OpenBIOS ( openfirmware.info ).
      • OpenBIOS "FCODE suite".
      • OpenBIOS "Forth/FCode".
    • EN.Wikipedia "Open Firmware", DE.Wikipedia "Open Firmware".
    • FirmWorks - “The Open Firmware Source”.
    • Oracle Docs "Writing FCode 2.x Programs" ( PDF ).
    • Oracle Docs "OpenBoot 2.x Command Reference Manual" ( PDF ).
    • HackerNews "Open Firmware" - “Mitch Bradley originally developed a Forth system at Sun for use diagnosing and developing hardware, by burning it into ROM and running it via a serial port. It was based on Langston and Perry's Forth-83”.
• EN.Wikipedia "Comparison of boot loaders", DE.Wikipedia "Bootloader".
• EN.Wikipedia "Booting", EN.Wikipedia "Booten".

• During installation of Linux to boot from USB, please set “Persistence = 0 to x Mbytes” for successful operation on computers with SDD disks, e.g. ASUS Eee PC 901.
• You must enable the “Autorun” function ( in the settings of security and antivirus software like Avira Free Antivirus ) for proper operation of this software. Or you must disable the security and antivirus software totally for operation of ISO-2-USB transfers.
• Lidux - Das Linux-Infoportal.
  • Lidux - Das Linux-Infoportal "Ubuntu auf USB-Stick installieren (unter Windows mit Live Linux USB Creator)".
  • Lidux - Das Linux-Infoportal "Ubuntu 12.10 auf USB-Stick installieren (unter Ubuntu)".

• You must enable the “Autorun” function ( in the settings of security and antivirus software like Avira Free Antivirus ) for proper operation of this software. Or you must disable the security and antivirus software totally for operation of ISO-2-USB transfers.