On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Bill Peck <bpeck(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On 07/21/2010 03:57 PM, Douglas Kilpatrick wrote:
> To do automated installs of FreeBSD, I've needed to setup cobbler to
> chain to the FreeBSD pxeboot loader. FreeBSD has a concept of "kernel
> vars" instead of a command line, and the pxeboot loader knows how to set
> them. This allows for ipappend equivalent functionality.
>
> So far, I've gotten this working by putting pxeboot.bs (extension
> required by pxelinux) in as the "kernel" of the distro. But then I
> don't have any place to put the kernel. And I've got a initrd
> (mfsroot.gz) as well...
>
> Suggestions on how to resolve this? Is there interest in just another
> parameter added that most users would ignore? Suggestions for a better
> way to handle it?
>
> Doug
>
Would the new tornado based tftp.py help here?
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What if you just added a new field for a chain loader in the distro?