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== Introduction ==

The Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) is an environment to bootstrap computers using a network card (i.e Ethernet, Token-Ring) independently of available data storage devices (like hard disks) or installed operating systems.

 * [[DebianInstaller/NetbootPXE]]
 * WikiPedia:Preboot_Execution_Environment at Wikipedia.
 * [[http://pxe.dev.aboveaverageurl.com/index.php/PXE_Booting]] - PXE Wiki.

== PXE Boot Menus ==

You can create a graphical boot menu to allow selection from multiple boot options.  This is documented [[http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/PXELINUX#Custom_Menu_Example_with_sub-menus|here]].

Note: if running Lenny read ''menu.txt.gz'' in {{{/usr/share/doc/syslinux}}}. In addition to ''pxelinux.0'', you must also copy {{{/usr/lib/syslinux/menu.c32}}} into {{{/var/lib/tftpboot}}} and add {{{DEFAULT menu.c32}}} to top of menu.  This is a recent change as of Syslinux 3.31 and not shown in most examples on the net (and not even in an April 2008 Linux Journal story on PXE menus.)