Windows server iscsi target is a nice product allowing one to boot diskless computers over the network (using iscsi).
Furthermore, windows iscsi target supports differencing virtual hard disks (vhd) allowing one to build a « master » (parent) disk and then create differencing disks thus leaving the master disk untouched.
But you dont always have a windows server at hand and you may wish to go for a cheaper alternative, or just do it another way for fun 🙂
The next 3 articles will take you on a journey to achieve the above i.e boot diskless computers over the network (using StarWind San Free and TinyPXE Server) with differencing virtual hard disks:
–create the master / parent disk
–create the differencing / child disks
–boot diskless computers over the network using these child disks
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