I wanted to try this for years, but no one would let me - Network Booting Windows

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Thanks to KIOXIA for sponsoring this video! You can check out their CD8 Enterprise drives at: https://americas.kioxia.com/en-us/business/ssd/data-center-ssd.html?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=LinusTechTips&utm_campaign=data+center+ssds Booting all your computers off of one server sounds like a great idea, right? In theory, yes. In practice, though? Not so much. But that’s why we're here to show you how iSCSI works, its benefits and disadvantages, and why KIOXIA is so awesome for sending us so many blazing-fast drives. Discuss on the forum: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1586247-i-wanted-to-try-this-for-years-but-no-one-would-let-me/ Scripts for those crazy enough to try this: https://github.com/jakelmg/windows-diskless-boot ► GET OUR MERCH: https://lttstore.com ► GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON FLOATPLANE: https://lmg.gg/lttfloatplane ► GET A VPN: http://www.piavpn.com/linus ► SPONSORS, AFFILIATES, AND PARTNERS: https://lmg.gg/partners Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group. CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 1:23 How does this work? 3:17 Jake hates this server 5:09 Trust us, these drives make sense 6:03 The long term plan 6:35 This server is soooooo great 7:07 Time for software 10:05 The difference between iSCSI and SMB 11:00 Installing network cards 12:40 But where do we boot from? 14:30 Installing Windows 17:30 It’s ALIVEEEE 20:18 The disadvantages 21:48 Thanks KIOXIA! 22:25 Outro