root= for Fedora 17 pxeboot?

[Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R]

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

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