On Mon, 2012-02-27 at 21:23 -0800, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote: > On 02/27/2012 04:40 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > > On Mon, 2012-02-27 at 14:16 -0800, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote: > > > >> I have looked at the document and have no idea of what to include in a root= > >> phrase. Apparently no one else does or they would mention a universal root= > >> that just works as well as Fedora 16 pxeboot did without a root= phrase. > > I'm not sure why you didn't look at the *other* reply to your question, > > which directed you to the appropriate bug report: > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=785815 > > > > Where you find the appropriate parameter - it seems to be approximately > > "root=live:(path_to_squashfs.img_from_build_to_install)" > > > >> Between a broken pxeboot and an anaconda that flips out when it sees the > >> wrong > >> version of Linux on the hard drive, I would think folks would wish to get a > >> robust install experience before proclaiming a public beta. > > The beta doesn't go out for another month or so. This is the alpha. > I copied a squashfs.img to the the tftpd directory along with vmlinuz > and initrd.img. > Pxeboot fails claiming it can't handle root=squashfs.img. > > "V'ger does not know." > > > prompt 1 > default linux > timeout 100 > > label linux > kernel vmlinuz > append initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=9216 root=squashfs.img askmethod I'm not sure, but from the bug report it reads like it actually can't pull the root image over all protocols ATM. I might be misunderstanding, though. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
