[syslinux] Headless operations

[Geert Stappers]

Op 20090405 om 17:12 schreef 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?)

And providing even more information will bring us[1] a solution.
So please show the configuration file that is being used
and tell how it behaves (what error messages appear)


Cheers
Geert Stappers

Footnote
[1] 'us' meaning the Syslinux project community