FWD: [syslinux] Network Boot IP Configuration Dilemma
kumon at flab.fujitsu.co.jp
kumon at flab.fujitsu.co.jp
Sun Sep 14 11:55:59 PDT 2003
If you want eth0 to be used and no dynamic IP
configuration request should not occur in the Linux
kernel, specify *both* APPEND and IPAPPEND options
like:
APPEND ip=:::::eth0:none
IPAPPEND 1
It's very tricky but it works, at least Linux 2.4.18
which I tested. The IP-PNP routine in the kernel
doesn't modify values if the option values are not
explicitly specified. IPAPPEND doesn't provide the
<device> option and <autoconf> option, so the values
for the options set by the previous APPEND will
survive.
K.Kumon
>Fred Feirtag wrote:
> I never wanted to "always" do that. My hack always does that, but
> my suggestion was maintain the "1" flag for the current behavior,
> but have any other string passed through as the device:
> IPAPPEND 1
> --same as now
> IPAPPEND eth0
> --passes ip=#:#:#:#::eth0:
> IPAPPEND eth1
> --passes ip=#:#:#:#::eth1:
> IPAPPEND fd0
> --passes ip=#:#:#:#::fd0: for fddi devices or whatever.
> Of course something like
> IPDEVAPPEND eth0
> would be good or even better.
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