On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 19:24 -0500, Warren Togami wrote: > Victor Lowther wrote: > >> root=dhcp is a kernel cmdline given by the bootloader (syslinux, grub, > >> pxelinux, etc.) which directs the initrd during runtime to bring up eth0 > >> and do DHCP. It then mounts the rootfs depending on options given by > >> the DHCP server. Fedora 10 mkinitrd implements the following two types > >> of mounts with root=dhcp. > >> > >> option root-path "172.31.100.254:/path/to/target_root"; > >> option root-path "nbd:172.31.100.254:2000:squashfs:ro"; > > > > Interesting -- I have been working on implementing code to detect and > > configure network interfaces according to the netboot.txt kernel > > document. The code I have written so far is browseable at > > http://git.fnordovax.org/dracut/log/?h=network-configurability > > (and it even works some of the time), and I would appreciate input from > > someone who actually uses that functionality on a daily basis. > > What is "netboot.txt document"? Where is it from? bleah -- I meant the kernel nfsroot.txt file -- located at Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt in the kernel tree. > Warren Togami > wtogami@xxxxxxxxxx > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe initramfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- Victor Lowther RHCE# 805008539634727 LPIC-2# LPI000140019 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe initramfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
