NetBoot
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NetBoot is a technology from Apple that enables New World ROM Macs to boot from a network.
A disk image with a copy of Mac OS X or Mac OS 8/9 is stored on a server (typically Mac OS X Server). Clients receive this image across a network using many popular protocols including but not limited to: HTTPS, AFP, NFS, and Multicast ASR. Server-side NetBoot image can boot entire machines, although NetBoot is more commonly used for Operating System and software deployment, somewhat similar to Norton Ghost.
To NetBoot a client machine, hold N as the Macintosh boots.
The transition to Intel has not affected NetBoot. Both Intel and PowerPC-based Servers can serve images for Intel and PowerPC based clients.
NetBoot was first announced as a part of Mac OS X Server 1.0 at the Macworld Conference & Expo on January 5, 1999.
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