[syslinux] Headless operations

[Chris Miller]

Hi Geert,

There are no error messages.  The request is simply ignored and the sequence
continues as though I hadn't indicated anything. 

The EXTLinux.conf is as follows:

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DEFAULT /boot/extlinux/vesamenu.c32
#DEFAULT ins-F10

DISPLAY /boot/extlinux/boot.msg
F1 /boot/extlinux/boot.msg
F2 /boot/extlinux/options.msg
F3 /boot/extlinux/general.msg
F4 /boot/extlinux/param.msg
F5 /boot/extlinux/rescue.msg

menu title Kit
menu background /boot/extlinux/splash.jpg
menu color border 0 #ffffffff #00000000
menu color sel 7 #ffffffff #ff000000
menu color title 0 #ffffffff #00000000
menu color tabmsg 0 #ffffffff #00000000
menu color unsel 0 #ffffffff #00000000
menu color hotsel 0 #ff000000 #ffffffff
menu color hotkey 7 #ffffffff #ff000000
menu color scrollbar 0 #ffffffff #00000000

LABEL ins-F10
    MENU LABEL ^Install Fedora-10 or Upgrade an existing system
    KERNEL /boot/Fedora-10/isolinux/vmlinuz
    APPEND initrd=/boot/Fedora-10/isolinux/initrd.img ro

LABEL ins-F10-headless 
    MENU LABEL ^Headless Install or Upgrade Fedora-10 (Passive, Dynamic)
    KERNEL /boot/Fedora-10/isolinux/vmlinuz
    APPEND initrd=/boot/Fedora-10/isolinux/initrd.img ro headless vnc
vncpassword=install noipv6 lang=en_US keymap=us ip=dhcp

LABEL ins-F10-headless 
    MENU LABEL ^Headless Install or Upgrade Fedora-10 (Active(edit),
Dynamic)
    KERNEL /boot/Fedora-10/isolinux/vmlinuz
    APPEND initrd=/boot/Fedora-10/isolinux/initrd.img ro headless vnc
vncconnect=<con ip> noipv6 lang=en_US keymap=us ip=dhcp

LABEL ins-F10-headless 
    MENU LABEL ^Headless Install or Upgrade Fedora-10 (Passive,
Static(edit))
    KERNEL /boot/Fedora-10/isolinux/vmlinuz
    APPEND initrd=/boot/Fedora-10/isolinux/initrd.img ro headless vnc
vncpassword=install noipv6 lang=en_US keymap=us ip=<target ip>
netmask=<netmask> gateway=<gateway ip> dns=<dns ip>
hostname=<name.domains.tld>

LABEL ins-F10-headless 
    MENU LABEL ^Headless Install or Upgrade Fedora-10 (Active(edit),
Static(edit))
    KERNEL /boot/Fedora-10/isolinux/vmlinuz
    APPEND initrd=/boot/Fedora-10/isolinux/initrd.img ro headless vnc
vncconnect=<con ip> noipv6 lang=en_US keymap=us ip=<target ip>
netmask=<netmask> gateway=<gateway ip> dns=<dns ip>
hostname=<name.domains.tld>

LABEL F10-Rescue
    MENU LABEL ^Rescue an existing system
    KERNEL /boot/Fedora-10/isolinux/vmlinuz
    APPEND initrd=/boot/Fedora-10/isolinux/initrd.img ro mode=rescue
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Chris.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: syslinux-bounces at zytor.com 
> [mailto:syslinux-bounces at zytor.com] On Behalf Of Geert Stappers
> Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 9:56 PM
> To: syslinux at zytor.com
> Subject: Re: [syslinux] Headless operations
> 
> 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
> 
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