root= for Fedora 17 pxeboot?

[Adam Williamson]

On Mon, 2012-02-27 at 21:23 -0800, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
> On 02/27/2012 04:40 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > On Mon, 2012-02-27 at 14:16 -0800, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
> >
> >> I have looked at the document and have no idea of what to include in a root=
> >> phrase.  Apparently no one else does or they would mention a universal root=
> >> that just works as well as Fedora 16 pxeboot did without a root= phrase.
> > I'm not sure why you didn't look at the *other* reply to your question,
> > which directed you to the appropriate bug report:
> >
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=785815
> >
> > Where you find the appropriate parameter - it seems to be approximately
> > "root=live:(path_to_squashfs.img_from_build_to_install)"
> >
> >> Between a broken pxeboot and an anaconda that flips out when it sees the
> >> wrong
> >> version of Linux on the hard drive, I would think folks would wish to get a
> >> robust install experience before proclaiming a public beta.
> > The beta doesn't go out for another month or so. This is the alpha.
> I copied a squashfs.img to the the tftpd directory along with vmlinuz 
> and initrd.img.
> Pxeboot fails claiming it can't handle root=squashfs.img.
> 
> "V'ger does not know."
> 
> 
> prompt 1
> default linux
> timeout 100
> 
> label linux
> kernel vmlinuz
> append initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=9216 root=squashfs.img askmethod

I'm not sure, but from the bug report it reads like it actually can't
pull the root image over all protocols ATM. I might be misunderstanding,
though.
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