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| author | Ferenc Wagner <wferi@niif.hu> | 2010-05-31 18:53:20 +0200 |
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| committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> | 2010-06-07 14:53:30 -0700 |
| commit | ca77b78e7611cd21ea7b8b6ffdc0074f0f17a295 (patch) | |
| tree | 1d435272e92887802ec79712d301512668631986 /doc/syslinux.txt | |
| parent | a3bc7cc0cd20a133a6f11537eb51b0dc252fefc0 (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-ca77b78e7611cd21ea7b8b6ffdc0074f0f17a295.tar.gz | |
docs: explain the danger of IPAPPEND 1
Explain what the actual issue with IPAPPEND 1 is, and what the
constraints on using it really are.
Signed-off-by: Ferenc Wagner <wferi@niif.hu>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/syslinux.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/syslinux.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/syslinux.txt b/doc/syslinux.txt index 76cae245..5a93b907 100644 --- a/doc/syslinux.txt +++ b/doc/syslinux.txt @@ -163,11 +163,10 @@ IPAPPEND flag_val [PXELINUX only] ... based on the input from the DHCP/BOOTP or PXE boot server. - THE USE OF THIS OPTION IS NOT RECOMMENDED. If you have to use - it, it is probably an indication that your network configuration - is broken. Using just "ip=dhcp" on the kernel command line - is a preferrable option, or, better yet, run dhcpcd/dhclient, - from an initrd if necessary. + NOTE: The use of this option is no substitute for running a + DHCP client in the booted system. Without regular renewals, + the lease acquired by the PXE BIOS will expire, making the + IP address available for reuse by the DHCP server. 2: indicates that an option of the following format should be generated and added to the kernel command line: |