PXELINUX can be used to boot a diskless Linux device over a network. Matt Butcher, who uses PXELINUX to boot set-top boxes, explains how PXELINUX works and how to use it in this interesting technical “HOWTO” article at LinuxDevices.com. Butcher writes . . .

“PXE (Preboot eXecution Environment) is Intel's loosely defined standard for booting PCs over the network. A PXE-capable BIOS or boot ROM can download bootstrapping code and load an operating system over the network. Booting Linux with PXE is a straightforward way of starting a diskless workstation or appliance in a closed network . . .”

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