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Systemd Adding The Ability to Boot Directly Into A Disk Image Downloaded Via HTTP
Systemd lead developer Lennart Poettering has been working on adding the ability to let systemd boot directly into a disk image downloaded via HTTP within the initial RAM disk (initrd) during the Linux boot process.
Poettering is building off other recent systemd additions to allow downloading the root disk image itself via HTTP and attaching it to a loopback device and making it mountable. Ultimately the effort will allow pointing the UEFI to a single URL where it can then load the Unified Kernel Image (UKI) from and in turn picking up the root file-system and booting it up. About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience.
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