EtherBoot.org Etherboot is a software package for creating ROM images that can download code over an Ethernet network to be executed on an x86 computer. Many network adapters have a socket where a ROM chip can be installed. Etherboot is code that can be put in such a ROM. Etherboot is normally used for for booting PCs diskless in linux > diskless terminalwith linuxdisklessterminaletherbootsoftwarepackageromimages