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| author | hpa <hpa> | 2003-09-09 01:08:57 +0000 |
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| committer | hpa <hpa> | 2003-09-09 01:08:57 +0000 |
| commit | 60cff1d57e391e136b5d10c2dc2c89456f4d1df3 (patch) | |
| tree | a319565d6164f18a1f8ab2537dedd9e4c761c1da /syslinux.doc | |
| parent | a3fbe314c9726172d6ffd52378b83c6c22716406 (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-60cff1d57e391e136b5d10c2dc2c89456f4d1df3.tar.gz | |
Add "ipappend 2"syslinux-2.07-pre2
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diff --git a/syslinux.doc b/syslinux.doc index 9948991d..e217812d 100644 --- a/syslinux.doc +++ b/syslinux.doc @@ -124,14 +124,33 @@ APPEND options... them. This is the equivalent of the LILO "append" option. IPAPPEND flag_val [PXELINUX only] - 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: + The IPAPPEND option is available only on PXELINUX. The + flag_val is an OR of the following options: + + 1: indicates that an option of the following format + should be generated and added to the kernel command line: ip=<client-ip>:<boot-server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask> ... 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. + + 2: indicates that an option of the following format + should be generated and added to the kernel command line: + + BOOTIF=<hardware-address-of-boot-interface> + + ... in dash-separated hexadecimal with leading hardware type + (same as for the configuration file; see pxelinux.doc.) + + This allows an initrd program to determine from which + interface the system booted. + LABEL label KERNEL image APPEND options... |