[syslinux] showing informations in menu

[Alexandre Blanchette]

Correction:
Ctrl-J      Bypasses labels and tries to load file

So at the prompt if one inputs foo<Ctrl-J>, pxelinux looks for a file in
the following order:
foo.c32
foo.img
foo.bss
foo.bin
foo.bs
foo.0
foo


On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Alexandre Blanchette <blanalex at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 2:50 AM, Ferenc Wagner <wferi at niif.hu> wrote:
>
>> Alexandre Blanchette <blanalex at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > Is there a way to show some bits of information in the menu, like
>> > Syslinux version, MAC address and IP address? When the menu is loaded
>> > at startup, this information is quickly erased and is not easily
>> > readable.
>>
>> I suppose you use menu.c32.  Exit the menu with ESC then press Ctrl-V
>> and Ctrl-N.  From syslinux.doc:
>>
>>    ++++ COMMAND LINE KEYSTROKES ++++
>>
>> The command line prompt supports the following keystrokes:
>>
>> <Enter>         boot specified command line
>> <BackSpace>     erase one character
>> <Ctrl-U>        erase the whole line
>> <Ctrl-V>        display the current Syslinux version
>> <Ctrl-W>        erase one word
>> <Ctrl-X>        force text mode
>> <Tab>           list matching labels
>> <F1>..<F12>     help screens (if configured)
>> <Ctrl-F><digit> equivalent to F1..F10
>> <Ctrl-C>        interrupt boot in progress
>> <Esc>           interrupt boot in progress
>> <Ctrl-N>        display network information (PXELINUX only)
>> --
>> Feri.
>>
>
> Thanks for the tip. However, Ctrl-N does not show network information.
>
> I've found the following undocumented keystrokes in pxelinux.0 (I don't
> know about the other variants of SYSLINUX):
> Ctrl-R      Prompt changes to "(reverse-i-search)'': "
> Ctrl-I      Displays available labels
> Ctrl-A      Move the cursor at the beginning of the line
> Ctrl-D      Erases one character after cursor
> Ctrl-F      Move the cursor at the end of the line
> Ctrl-H      <Backspace> equivalent
> Ctrl-J      <Enter> equivalent
> Ctrl-K      Erases text from the cursor up to the end of the line
> Ctrl-L      Clear screen
> Ctrl-N      Execute last command
> Ctrl-M      <Enter> equivalent
>
> Syslinux.doc and the wiki should be updated, but I'd like Ctrl-N to be
> implemented as documented (display network information)
>



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Alexandre Blanchette <blanalex at gmail.com>