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Netboot images are small (<1MB) images that can be used to download the latest Arch Linux release on the fly upon system boot. It is unnecessary to update the netboot image, the newest release will be available automatically.
Netboot uses customized iPXE builds. The Linux kernel, initramfs and squashfs files for the live system are downloaded from an Arch Linux mirror. The integrity of all downloaded files is verified with cryptographic signatures.
To use netboot, the following requirements must be met:
You can build your own iPXE images compatible with netboot. For details, check out the ipxe-netboot AUR package.
For detailed usage instructions, check out the netboot wiki page.