[syslinux] [Fwd: IPAPPEND on http://syslinux.zytor.com/faq.php#config]
Geert Stappers
stappers at stappers.nl
Sat Feb 5 04:17:35 PST 2005
On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 12:28:46PM -0800, David E. Weekly wrote:
> FYI
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: IPAPPEND on http://syslinux.zytor.com/faq.php#config
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:20:00 +0100
> From: Pascal Terjan <pterjan at mandrakesoft.com>
> Organization: Mandrakesoft
> To: david at weekly.org
>
> Hi,
> I needed to get the MAC from which we booted using pxelinux (in order to
> know which interface we used to boot).
> I found reading the source that IPAPPEND 2 did the trick and that I
> don't need to patch pxelinux.
> However, I think this should be written in
> http://syslinux.zytor.com/faq.php#config which only tells about the
> value 1.
I see that it is usefull for computers with more then 1 NIC,
but I don't understand completely what you mean.
I got stuck, please help improve this patch:
--- faq.php.website 2005-02-05 13:09:26.694143456 +0100
+++ faq.php 2005-02-05 13:16:21.190130488 +0100
@@ -169,6 +169,17 @@
</blockquote>
... based on the input from the DHCP/BOOTP or PXE boot server.
</blockquote>
+<blockquote>
+ if the flag value is 2,
+ then
+ elaborate
+<blockquote>
+<code>
+<nobr>ip=<client-ip>:<boot-server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask></nobr>
+</code>
+</blockquote>
+ ... based on the input from the DHCP/BOOTP or PXE boot server.
+</blockquote>
<b>LABEL</b> <i>label</i>
<blockquote>
<b>KERNEL</b> <i>image</i><br>
>
> Greetings,
> Pascal Terjan
Cheers
Geert Stappers
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