2026-04-21T11:25:59Z https://njump.me AmazingQ https://njump.me/npub1m83uxa2qs5nv8sm3ypa6558yu6dzla6e294rwxrvt9thxa0nxc8ss7n4dk https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2lyhw4t9nq494l4eyzzqsrjy2gnkt6hfn9u96mxxtg27rfawgh3qzyrv78sm4gzzjds7rwys8h2jsunnf5tlht9gk5dccd3v4wum47vmq79mzsw0 Longtime listner (circa 2018), first time booster,<br/><br/>You asked about PXE booted servers. For 3 years now I&#39;m running my NAS diskless. Which sounds strange NASes need disks. This is what I mean, there is no disk or partition used for an OS.<br/><br/>It is based on Alpine Linux (NetBoot). The state is stored in a tar file, which is generated by the command `lbu`. This tar file is stored on a webserver.<br/><br/>During boot it does: fetching pxe related boot configuration, fetching kernel via tftp, booting kernel, during kernel boot it fetches the mod-loop via http (kernel modules) and finally fetches the tar file with server configuration. <br/><br/>Then it downloads the required packages and starts everything.<br/><br/>This also means that the NAS is stateless. If it doesn&#39;t respond as expected, reboot and it is back in a working state.<br/><br/>PS, the upgrades are automated via ansible playbooks.<br/><br/><a href="https://fountain.fm/episode/4JGNHubSxMA84AgOFg0T">https://fountain.fm/episode/4JGNHubSxMA84AgOFg0T</a><br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qvzqqqpxqupzpwrxeemtukuzv62esqjgxg4cmaxrs9sgl7j6tdrufuaturv0wea9qqs0j5gka8fp4luwnrq85wtqr4pt4z7hz4ejnsv3fz27nvgk902ce8gntqhjw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…qhjw</a></span> </div> </blockquote> 2026-04-21T12:00:49Z