What are DistrOS Meta4s?

DistrOS Meta4s are metalink v4 files, which use a file extension of meta4. These files are intended for use with the DistrOS Multiboot System, however they can be used stand alone with a downloader that supports them, such as aria2 (http://aria2.sourceforge.net/) or DownThemAll (http://www.downthemall.net/).

Initially they will be produced using a straight version of the metalink standard, then with some extra data using extended attribute tags. In the future an extended model of the metalink format which provides additional metadata for booting the described images will be constructed and used to create an RFC for a complete bootable image acquisition and bootloader configuration system.