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authorhpa <hpa>2001-02-08 01:09:35 +0000
committerhpa <hpa>2001-02-08 01:09:35 +0000
commitb2440e8456a6bbdacc408777b49bf9fa6f7ee000 (patch)
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downloadsyslinux-b2440e8456a6bbdacc408777b49bf9fa6f7ee000.tar.gz
Support for ip= option in PXELINUX.syslinux-1.52-pre2
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@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ is a text file in either UNIX or DOS format, containing one or more of
the following items (case is insensitive for keywords; upper case is used
here to indicate that a word should be typed verbatim):
+All options here applies to PXELINUX as well as SYSLINUX unless
+otherwise noted. See pxelinux.doc for additional information on
+PXELINUX.
+
+
DEFAULT kernel options...
Sets the default command line. If SYSLINUX boots automatically,
it will act just as if the entries after DEFAULT had been typed
@@ -107,16 +112,26 @@ APPEND options...
usually permitting explicitly entered kernel options to override
them. This is the equivalent of the LILO "append" option.
+IPAPPEND flag_val
+ The IPAPPEND option is available only on PXELINUX, and
+ indicates (if the flag value is 1) that an option of the
+ following format should be generated and added:
+
+ ip=<client-ip>::<gw-ip>:<netmask>
+
+ ... based on the input from the DHCP server.
+
LABEL label
KERNEL image
APPEND options...
- Indicates that if "label" is entered as the kernel to boot,
+ IPAPPEND flag_val
+ Indicates that if "label" is entered as the kernel to boot,
SYSLINUX should instead boot "image", and the specified APPEND
- options should be used instead of the ones specified in the
- global section of the file (before the first LABEL command.)
- The default for "image" is the same as "label", and if no
- APPEND is given the default is to use the global entry (if any).
- Up to 128 LABEL entries are permitted.
+ and IPAPPEND options should be used instead of the ones
+ specified in the global section of the file (before the first
+ LABEL command.) The default for "image" is the same as
+ "label", and if no APPEND is given the default is to use the
+ global entry (if any). Up to 128 LABEL entries are permitted.
Note that LILO uses the syntax:
image = mykernel