[syslinux] SYSLINUX 3.00-pre1 released - RELEASE CANDIDATE

Jim Cromie jcromie at divsol.com
Wed Dec 22 05:48:19 PST 2004


H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Okay, nothing like user mail at 3 am to keep one awake...
>
> I have implemented a filename-based syntax for downloading from an 
> alternate TFTP server in PXELINUX.  If the filename starts with
> IP address:: it will:
>
> a) Download from the alternate TFTP server;
> b) Suppress the common pathname prefix.


might you consider a single colon ?
doing so would be consistent with NFS mounts, etc..

LABEL dosbootdisk
    kernel 192.168.0.1:memdisk
    append initrd=192.168.0.2:floppy.img

or is the difference a stand-in for that missing /tftpboot/ ??




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