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authorJeremy Katz <katzj@redhat.com>2005-08-17 15:06:40 +0000
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2005-08-17 Jeremy Katz <katzj@redhat.com>
* loader2/net.c: Add support for ksdevice=bootif with patch from Alex Kiernan (alex.kiernan@gmail.com). This plus "IPAPPEND 2" in your pxelinux config will set your install device to the one you pxebooted from. (#166135) * loader2/loader.h: Likewise. * loader2/loader.c: Likewise. * docs/command-line.txt: Document it!
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@@ -81,8 +81,19 @@ nopass Don't pass keyboard/mouse info to stage 2 installer, good for
serial Turns on serial console support.
-ksdevice Takes an argument like 'eth0', tells install what network
- device to use for kickstart from network.
+ksdevice Takes one of 4 types of argument which tells install
+ what network device to use for kickstart from network:
+
+ - An argument like 'eth0' naming a specific interface
+ - An argument like 00:12:34:56:78:9a indicating the
+ MAC address of a specific interface
+ - The keyword `link' indicating that the first
+ interface with link up
+ - The keyword `bootif' indicating that the MAC address
+ indicated by the BOOTIF command line option will be
+ used to locate the boot interface. BOOTIF is
+ automagically supplied by pxelinux when you include
+ the option `IPAPPEND 2' in your pxelinux.cfg file
ks Kickstart over NFS.