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fixed iPXE mini image. merging into master.

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= User Manual
[partintro]
.What good is software if nobody uses it?
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BDisk was ultimately designed to make your life easier. "Why would I possibly need yet another LiveCD/LiveUSB?" Well, that's sort of the point- by customizing a live distribution of GNU/Linux to _your_ particular needs/desires/whimsy, you can do away with the multiple other images you keep around. It's designed to let you create a fully customized distribution.
Using BDisk, you can:
* Install GNU/Linux (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/installation_guide[Arch], https://watchmysys.com/blog/2015/02/installing-centos-7-with-a-chroot/[CentOS], https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/apds03.html.en[Debian], https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64#Installing_Gentoo[Gentoo], https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/installation-guide/powerpc/apds04.html[Ubuntu]...). BDisk may be Arch-based, but many if not most other distros offer ways to install from any GNU/Linux live distribution.
* Perform disk maintenance (https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/RAID_setup[mdadm], fdisk/http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/[gdisk], http://gparted.org/[gparted], https://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/StorCLI[storcli], etc.). Need to replace that disk in your RAID and you don't have hotswap? Not a problem!
* Rescue, recover, wipe (http://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit/[scalpel], http://www.andybev.com/index.php/Nwipe[nwipe], http://foremost.sourceforge.net/[foremost], etc.). Chances are this is why you booted a live distro in the first place, yes?
* Boot over the Internet (or LAN). Burning a new image to CD/DVD/USB is a pain. BDisk has built-in support for http://ipxe.org/[iPXE] (and traditional PXE setups). Update the filesystem image once, deploy it everywhere.
* And much, much more.
** Seriously.
This manual will give you the information you need to build your very own live GNU/Linux distribution.
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include::user/GETTING_STARTED.adoc[]
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