[Linux-ia64] Interactive installation with PXE booting

Christopher D. Maestas
2002-01-17T18:20:01Z

Has anyone been able to write an elilo.conf that allows for an interactive
network installation? For example in pxelinux.cfg/default I can do:
---
label vgainteractiverh72
kernel vmlinuz.rh72
append vga=extended root=/dev/ram0 initrd=initrd.img.rh72 console=tty0
---

I tried in elilo.conf:
---
prompt
timeoutP
default=localdisk
verbose=5

image=vmlinuz.rh72-ia64
label=vgainteractiveia64
read-only
append = "vga=extended console=tty0"
---

And them type in vgainteractiveia64 when prompted, but the kernel panics because
I didn't append a root option. I've tried root=/dev/ram0 and that doesn't
work either.

Thanks,

On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Egan Ford wrote:

> prompt
> timeoutP
> default=install
>
> image=vmlinuz
> append="console=ttyS0,9600 ks=nfs:jupiter:/tftpboot/ia64.ks ksdevice=eth0"
> label=install
> read-only
> initrd=ramdisk.img
>
> This is what I use to boot RH's installation kernel and initrd with elilo
> and tftp.

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