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authorhpa <hpa>2001-02-08 01:09:35 +0000
committerhpa <hpa>2001-02-08 01:09:35 +0000
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Support for ip= option in PXELINUX.syslinux-1.52-pre2
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@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ following files to it:
any kernel or initrd images you want to boot
Finally, create the directory "/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg". The
-configuration file (equivalent of syslinux.cfg) will live in this
-directory. Because more than one system may be booted from the same
-server, the configuration file name depends on the IP address of the
-booting machine. PXELINUX will search for its config file on the boot
-server in the following way:
+configuration file (equivalent of syslinux.cfg -- see syslinux.doc for
+the options here) will live in this directory. Because more than one
+system may be booted from the same server, the configuration file name
+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.
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ server in the following way:
It should be noted that all filename references are relative to the
directory pxelinux.bin lives in (usually /tftpboot). PXELINUX
-generally requires that filenames are 31 characters or shorter in
-length.
+generally requires that filenames (including any relative path) are 31
+characters or shorter in length.
PXELINUX does not support MTFTP, and I have no immediate plans of
doing so. It is of course possible to use MTFTP for the initial boot,