Package: debian-installer, kernel-image Severity: important Version: i386 netboot, daily build fetched today (2004-10-15) Tags: d-i, sarge
Original at http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/10/msg00873.html On Sun, Oct 10, 2004 at 02:42:49PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Geert Stappers wrote: > > For netbooting i386 with preseed information, I have the line append > > vga=normal initrd=initrd.gz ramdisk_size=9310 root=/dev/rd/0 > > vga=normal is not needed AFAIK. I have not removed it only because I > don't know if it's safe to remove it from everything. > > > devfs=mount,dall rw console=ttyS0,9600n8 DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text > > ",dall" is not needed. > > > countrychooser/shortlist=other countrychooser/country-name=Netherlands > > With tomorrow's build you should be able to simplify the above to just: > countrychooser/shortlist=NL > > > From "vga=normal" to the chomped "country-name=Nether" are 256 > > characters. > > > > Is that a kernel limit or is in pxelinux? > > > > I think it be checked with syslinux. I think it can be checked with syslinux. > I think it's a kernel limit but I have not checked. That 256 byte limit blocks pre-seeding. >From bugreport #276299 I learned that also some netcfg parameters are needed, they are netcfg/get_hostname=unassigned-hostname netcfg/get_domain=unassigned-domain that are seventy-five (75) characters. When someone needs aic7xxx=no_probe that are another sixteen bytes from the rare quater kilobyte. Can it at least be double to 512 byte? Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
