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| author | hpa <hpa> | 2004-12-28 08:04:19 +0000 |
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| committer | hpa <hpa> | 2004-12-28 08:04:19 +0000 |
| commit | 009113a81bb4e219033665557283027c68f9565a (patch) | |
| tree | 3158c344071207cf0185518ab39d90c722f59f04 /pxelinux.doc | |
| parent | f3163d3f6f23da0f60f2051642bcbef7b8bd0fdf (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-009113a81bb4e219033665557283027c68f9565a.tar.gz | |
We now officially support FQDNs in TFTP prefixes.syslinux-3.00-pre5
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diff --git a/pxelinux.doc b/pxelinux.doc index 2fe2c2aa..d76e3f3e 100644 --- a/pxelinux.doc +++ b/pxelinux.doc @@ -320,7 +320,10 @@ PXELINUX supports the following special pathname conventions: IP address::filename (e.g. 192.0.2.1::filename) Suppresses the common filename prefix, *and* sends a request - to an alternate TFTP server. + to an alternate TFTP server. Instead of an IP address, a + *fully qualified* DNS name can be used, + e.g. "bootserver.domain.com::filename" should work, but + "bootserver::filename" typically will not. :: was chosen because it is unlikely to conflict with operating system usage. However, if you happen to have an environment for which the |