[syslinux] pxelinux macappend

[Jim Cromie]

Scott Mewett wrote:

>What I'm thinking is, if pxelinux was able to pass into the kernel the
>mac address of the booting interface, I could modify anaconda to support
>something like ksdevice=<macaddress>. Then regardless of the probe
>order, or how many interfaces had a link, I would always know which was
>the right interface to kickstart with.
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>Thanks
>Scott
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putting 'IPAPPEND 2' in your config does it,
see BOOTIF below.

Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200n81 root=/dev/nfs 
nfsroot=192.168.42.1:/nfshost/truck 
nfsaddrs=192.168.42.100:192.168.42.1:192.168.42.1:255.255.255.0:soekris:eth0 
panic=5 initrd=initrd-2.6.12-rc6-mm1-soekris-v1.img 
BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz-2.6.12-rc6-mm1-soekris-v1 
*BOOTIF=01-00-00-24-c2-46-c8* 2.6.12-rc6-mm1-soekris-v1