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| name = DRBL
| logo = [[Image:drbl.jpg|100px|DRBL Logo]]
| screenshot = [[Image:Drblmenu.png|200px]]
| screenshot size = 200px
| caption = Graphical boot menu of DRBL.
| developer = NCHC Free Software Labs
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| website = [http://www.drbl.org drbl.org]
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'''DRBL''' ('''D'''iskless '''R'''emote '''B'''oot in '''L'''inux) is a [[Network File System (protocol)|NFS]]-/[[Network Information Service|NIS]] server providing a [[diskless client|diskless]] or systemless environment for client machines.
 
It could be used for
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* [[Live CD]].
 
Installation is possible on a machine with [[Debian]], [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]], [[Mandriva]], [[Red Hat Linux]], [[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora]], [[CentOS]] or [[SuSE]] already installed. Unlike [[Linux Terminal Server Project|LTSP]], it uses distributed hardware resources and makes it possible for clients to fully access local hardware, thus making it feasible to use server machines with less power. It also includes [[Clonezilla]], a partitioning and disk cloning utility similar to Symantec Ghost.
 
DRBL comes under the terms of the [[GNU GPL]] license so providing the user with the ability to customize it.
 
==Features==