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| author | hpa <hpa> | 2001-03-10 06:12:25 +0000 |
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| committer | hpa <hpa> | 2001-03-10 06:12:25 +0000 |
| commit | a282e231979b1721ffd95ed5d33676895646f547 (patch) | |
| tree | 974f749b8c2188004d884b31fa0129564d8dddf2 /pxelinux.doc | |
| parent | 250eb5dd869bcbbfda6c80d5c96f35591ef56cbf (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-a282e231979b1721ffd95ed5d33676895646f547.tar.gz | |
More robust DHCP parsing; document "gethostip" program.
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diff --git a/pxelinux.doc b/pxelinux.doc index 3ba2b60b..dfa3c92c 100644 --- a/pxelinux.doc +++ b/pxelinux.doc @@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ depends on the IP address of the booting machine. PXELINUX will search for its config file on the boot server in the following way: First, it will search for the config file using its own IP address - in upper case hexadecimal, e.g. 192.0.2.91 -> C000025B. + in upper case hexadecimal, e.g. 192.0.2.91 -> C000025B + (you can use the included progam "gethostip" to compute the + hexadecimal IP address for any host.) If that file is not found, it will remove one hex digit and try again. Ultimately, it will try looking for a file named "default" |