Please spread the word. In 2 days, i.e. Wed, at the monthly general mtng, we will have… BASE: Data Form in Calc A new LibreOffice spreadsheet feature by Stan Reichardt MAIN: “PXE Boot = Remotely boot Linux from The Net” using pfsense and FreeNAS/TrueNAS By Wendell Barber PXE allows booting without having the operating system on a local disk...or for that matter...not even having a local disk! The Preboot eXecution Environment, PXE (most often pronounced as /ˈpɪksiː/ pixie) specification describes a standardized client–server environment that boots a software assembly, retrieved from a network, on PXE-enabled clients. On the client side it requires only a PXE-capable network interface controller (NIC), and uses a small set of industry-standard network protocols such as DHCP and TFTP. The concept behind the PXE originated in the early days of protocols like BOOTP/DHCP/TFTP, and as of 2015 it forms part of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) standard. In modern data centers, PXE is the most frequent choice for operating system booting, installation and deployment.