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Everything about Remote Initial Program Load

Remote Initial Program Load is a protocol for starting a computer and loading its operating system from a server via a network. Such a server runs a network operating system such as LAN Manager, LAN Server, Windows NT Server, Novell NetWare, LANtastic, Solaris or Linux. Wikipedia →

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  1. IBM LAN Server
  2. RPL and DOS
  3. RPLOADER and DR-DOS

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