[syslinux] Headless operations

[H. Peter Anvin]

Chris Miller wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I'm interested in "headless" installation.  If I use GRUB, then I provide
> arguments to the kernel of things like "headless vnc vncpassword=whoopie
> ip=dhcp"  GRUB passes this on to ISOLinux, which manages the CD and
> subsequently the installation.
> 
> Shouldn't I be able to do exactly the same thing with EXTLinux?   I ask,
> because, as you might suspect, I can't get this to work...
> 

I am utterly unclear of what you mean with "Grub passes this on to
ISOLINUX"... there is no mechanism like that to "pass things on" to
ISOLINUX.

The first question is probably: where are you booting from (since you're
apparently not booting from a CD?)

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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