[PR #128] [CLOSED] Boot Ubuntu Live System via HTTP #664

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opened 2026-02-27 14:52:47 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/netbootxyz/netboot.xyz/pull/128
Author: @schierlm
Created: 1/28/2017
Status: ❌ Closed

Base: master ← Head: ubuntu-http-boot

📝 Commits (1)

8b94c77 Boot Ubuntu Live System via HTTP

📊 Changes

1 file changed (+13 additions, -0 deletions)

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📝 src/ubuntu.ipxe (+13 -0)

📄 Description

This uses initramfs built by
https://github.com/live-httpboot/ubuntu-live-httpboot/, which in turn
uses httpfs2 from http://httpfs.sourceforge.net to mount the live ISO
via HTTP.

Kernel and Initamfs are hosted at SourceForge since iPXE does not like
downloads from GitHub.

Due to lack of support for nslookup in current netboot.xyz images, the IP
address for releases.ubuntu.com is hardcoded as a fallback if nslookup is
not available.

Httpboot images are currently only available for 14.04.1, 16.04 and 16.10

if you need anything else, feel free to open an issue at the GitHub
project mentioned above.

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/netbootxyz/netboot.xyz/pull/128 **Author:** [@schierlm](https://github.com/schierlm) **Created:** 1/28/2017 **Status:** ❌ Closed **Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `ubuntu-http-boot` --- ### 📝 Commits (1) - [`8b94c77`](https://github.com/netbootxyz/netboot.xyz/commit/8b94c77f2060258b85cc7580ad3df5d14ebf13c0) Boot Ubuntu Live System via HTTP ### 📊 Changes **1 file changed** (+13 additions, -0 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `src/ubuntu.ipxe` (+13 -0) </details> ### 📄 Description This uses initramfs built by <https://github.com/live-httpboot/ubuntu-live-httpboot/>, which in turn uses httpfs2 from <http://httpfs.sourceforge.net> to mount the live ISO via HTTP. Kernel and Initamfs are hosted at SourceForge since iPXE does not like downloads from GitHub. Due to lack of support for nslookup in current netboot.xyz images, the IP address for releases.ubuntu.com is hardcoded as a fallback if nslookup is not available. Httpboot images are currently only available for 14.04.1, 16.04 and 16.10 - if you need anything else, feel free to open an issue at the GitHub project mentioned above. --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>