Diskless Linux boot over PXE and iSCSI with ZFS backing

Sharing this one because it scratches an itch I think a lot of us have, running Linux on a machine without touching the existing Windows install or burning yet another USB stick.

I belive someone asked about this recently. I’ll have to look up the topic.

Aniket sets up a Debian 13 box that boots entirely over the network using PXE, iSCSI, and a ZFS ZVol on Proxmox. No local disk involved for the OS, GRUB and all. :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

What makes it worth reading is how thorough the walkthrough is, especially the iSCSI auth and ACL bits with targetcli that usually trip people up, and the installer steps where you have to drop to TTY2 to fix things mid-install. Its really a real-world ride-along:

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