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grub4dos-chenall - issue #72

PXE: append network configuration to cmdline


Posted on Jan 30, 2012 by Helpful Ox

This isn't a bug, but a question (or maybe feature request).

I'm running grub4dos in a PXE configuration.

Trying to integrate ArchLinux netinstall on my server, I noticed that pxelinux can append the network configuration (ip address, netmask, etc) with the IPAPPEND command (http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/SYSLINUX#IPAPPEND_flag_val_.5BPXELINUX_only.5D).

Is there a way to get something similar done with grub4dos?

Or, if not as a workaround, is there a way to load pxelinux with a configuration file, that just loads ArchLinux via tftp?

Comment #1

Posted on Feb 23, 2012 by Massive Kangaroo

emmm... can you please add this feature? developers needed.

Comment #2

Posted on Feb 15, 2013 by Massive Kangaroo

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Comment #3

Posted on Feb 15, 2013 by Quick Giraffe

Hello, I had the same problem and I am using ipxe(.org) as a work around solution: I use grldr as my primary boot loader (to either boot from a local hdd or usb or for a pxe boot) then I chainload to ipxe with the desired arguments which could be some network parameters such as the gateway, or leverage some enhanced features such as a fast http (big iso) download. But for this I had to disable the special "&&" characters handling of grldr (cf issue 113). This setup works great for me and I hope that this will help you work around your problem ... Best Regards, Gilles

Status: WontFix

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Type-Defect Priority-Medium