[syslinux] pxelinux server's IP address

[Geert Stappers]

Op 20080814 om 12:10 schreef Tomas M:
> Hello, I am experimenting with pxelinux.
>
> My setup is currently working.  My network card receives IP address
> from DHCP server, and then it downloads pxelinux.0 and executes it.
> PXElinux loads its config file ('pxelinux.cfg/default') and is able
> to download vmlinuz and initrd.gz from TFTP server, and execute vmlinuz.
>
> Now the question: is there any way to pass server's IP address as
> a commandline argument to vmlinuz? Like if I type it to 'append'
> section in config file.
>
> I would like to see /proc/cmdline after the vmlinuz boots and I'd like
> to be able to grep servers IP address from there.
>
> Is there any way ?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Tomas M


Default kernel parameter should work

Example given:

 kernel vmlinuz
 append root=/dev/sdh1  tomastftp=10.2.33.444


Cheers
Geert Stappers