Setting Up PXE Network Booting to Install NixOS on GPD Pocket 4 Laptop
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speckx
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Summary
The author shares their experience troubleshooting boot issues with a new GPD Pocket 4 laptop when trying to install NixOS. After a USB drive failed, they explore PXE (Preboot Execution Environment) network booting as an alternative installation method. The article details their step-by-step process of setting up a PXE server on their existing computer, configuring DHCP and TFTP services, and successfully booting the laptop over the network to install NixOS without needing physical media.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledI don't want to outside and I don't want to wait to setup my laptop.
PXE stands for Preboot Execution Environment, and it's a way to boot a computer over the network.
The laptop did not recognize the drive. Turns out, the drive crapped out, no computer would boot off it.
I grabbed a usb, dd'd the nixos iso image on it and tried to boot.
The normal thing to do would've been to just go get a new usb and install off of and go about setting the laptop up.
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