/dev/SDB: Software Defined Boot -- A novel standard for diskless booting anywhere and everywhere
Aditya Mitra, Hamza Haroon, Amaan Rais Shah, Mohammad Elham Rasooli, Bogdan Itsam Dorantes Nikolaev, Tu\u{g}\c{c}e Ball{\i}

TL;DR
This paper introduces /dev/SDB, a new standard for diskless booting that enables users worldwide to access operating systems seamlessly over Wi-Fi and cellular networks, enhancing remote work flexibility.
Contribution
The paper proposes a novel standard, /dev/SDB, for universal, network-based diskless booting across diverse connectivity options, overcoming limitations of traditional wired-only systems.
Findings
Supports global access to operating systems
Works over Wi-Fi and cellular networks
Eliminates need for redundant hardware
Abstract
A computer is nothing but a device that processes the instructions supplied to it. However, as computers evolved, the instructions or codes started to be more complicated. As computers started to be used by non-technical people, it became imperative that the users be able to use the machine without having underlying knowledge of the code or the hardware. And operating system became the backbone for translating the inputs from the user to actual operation on the hardware. With the increasing complexity and the choices of operating system, it became clear that different groups of people, especially in an enterprise scenario, required different operating systems. Installing them all on a single machine, for shared computers became a difficult task, giving rise to network-based booting. But network-based booting was confined to only wired connectivity, keeping it restricted to very small…
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Taxonomy
TopicsCloud Computing and Remote Desktop Technologies · Wireless Networks and Protocols · Technology and Education Systems
