2016-02-27 (Updated: 2016-02-27 )

I recently needed to install FreeNAS without being able to boot the installer on the target host, so had to resort to PXE and a network install. It was less straightforward than you might expect. This How-To should help anyone in a similar position.

2009-02-22 (Updated: 2010-02-15 )

It’s generally accepted in the DNS community that using a stateful load balancer in front of DNS servers is a bad idea. Here I present one alternative that doesn’t require running routing daemons on the servers themselves.