On Sun, 2002-02-10 at 15:11, Erik Troan wrote: > On 10 Feb 2002 12:53:12 -0500 > "Jeremy Katz" <katzj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > It's in bugzilla several times with different variations... something > > like 'linux ip=123.45.67.89 gw=123.45.67.1 nm=255.255.255.0 > > dns=123.45.67.255 ks=http://foo.bar.com/myksfile' ? I'd like to get > > around to it, just a matter of time mainly > > Isn't there a limit on the size of a kernel command line that would > prevent this? LILO imposes a ridiculously low limit due to the way it passes kernel parameters (80 iirc), but the real limit is 256 characters. Which should be more than enough to do this > If you put the kickstart file on a floppy, it already can specify all of this > via the "network" command. What would be nice is a "reallyusethisfile" > directive that the loader could follow to fetch a replacement > kickstart file (the one on the boot media would setup the network and > point at the right file, which would then be used for the install). But then you still have to have a separate disk for each machine, which is kind of painful. Much simpler if you can boot the machine and give the IP as you boot instead of having to rewrite the boot floppy all the time. Jeremy
