State of netbooting Raspberry Pi in 2021

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  • RPi4

    Raspberry Pi 4 UEFI Firmware Images

  • Odd to see using UEFI to NetBoot not considered an option at all.

    It should eliminate the timing-bug and leave you in a more reliable (and scriptable!) pre-boot environment. What more do you need?!?

    Both the RPi3 and 4 can be UEFI booted, so this is definitely a real-world option.

    Links:

    - https://github.com/pftf/RPi3

    - https://github.com/pftf/RPi4

  • k3s

    Lightweight Kubernetes

  • > I also don't understand how k3s, microkube and others claim to be "lightweight". Lightweight compared to what?

    For k3s, they explain what they do in their README:

    https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s#how-is-this-lightweight-or-sma...

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  • RPi3

    Raspberry Pi 3 UEFI Firmware Images

  • Odd to see using UEFI to NetBoot not considered an option at all.

    It should eliminate the timing-bug and leave you in a more reliable (and scriptable!) pre-boot environment. What more do you need?!?

    Both the RPi3 and 4 can be UEFI booted, so this is definitely a real-world option.

    Links:

    - https://github.com/pftf/RPi3

    - https://github.com/pftf/RPi4

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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