On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > a couple kickstart-related questions about messing with the > syslinux.cfg file. first, here's the syslinux.cfg file out of > the "boot.img" file: > > default linux > prompt 1 > timeout 600 > display boot.msg > F1 boot.msg > F2 general.msg > F3 param.msg > F4 rescue.msg > F7 snake.msg > label linux > kernel vmlinuz > append initrd=initrd.img lang= devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=8192 vga=788 > label text > kernel vmlinuz > append initrd=initrd.img lang= text devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=8192 > label expert > kernel vmlinuz > append expert initrd=initrd.img lang= devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=8192 > label ks > kernel vmlinuz > append ks initrd=initrd.img lang= devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=8192 > label nofb > kernel vmlinuz > append initrd=initrd.img lang= devfs=nomount nofb ramdisk_size=8192 > label lowres > kernel vmlinuz > append initrd=initrd.img lang= lowres devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=8192 > > > > as a beginning, the wording in the syslinux.doc file seems misleading. > that file describes the configuration line > > DEFAULT kernel options... > > as i understand it, the word after "default" is not a kernel, it's simply > a label that should match one of the labelled stanzas further down the > file, correct? Yes,but not sure if you can put options on the default line though. I always put the options down on the append line. > second point: if, at the boot prompt, i type a label followed by > one or more options, i'm assuming that those options are *added* to > the append options already listed for that label, yes? so if i type > > boot: linux ks=floppy > > i get the stanza labelled by "linux" with all of the corresponding > append options, *as well as* my "ks=floppy" option, right? Yes, I do this all of the time. > now say i wanted to create a custom boot floppy that automatically > did a floppy-based kickstart install. i can see a couple of different > ways to do this: > > 1) just change the default line to read > > default linux ks=floppy Again not sure about the options on the default line. > 2) add a new stanza with a label like, say "ks", that had the > ks=floppy option appended to the list of options, and have the > default line > > default ks > > leaving the original linux stanza where it was. This is what I do. Just change the default to ks and add options on the append line as required. > will either of these work? is one recommended over the other? The second one will work for sure. Do not know about the first. I have a boot floppy that defaults to ks and times out in 5 seconds. I also have nfs and dhcp set up on my network. This allows me to put a floppy in the machine and come back in an hour to find a functional and customized system ready to do work (modulo any configuration errors on my part of course). I love it!! One of these days I have to get PXE working. That is my next project. Enjoy, -- .............Tom "Nothing would please me more than being able to tdiehl@xxxxxxxxxxxx hire ten programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software." -- Bill Gates 1976 We are still waiting ....
