Re: Debian installer pXE booting qemu for Windows

[john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com>]

Hi Reco,

On 9/25/2019 9:51 AM, Reco wrote:
> 	Hi.
>
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 08:49:29AM +0200, john doe wrote:
>>> Put in into pxelinux.cfg/default file, into "append" clause.
>>> Something like that:
>>>
>>>     kernel linux
>>>     append initrd=initrd.gz url=tftp://10.0.2.2/preseed.cfg
>>>
>>
>> Looks like it is working but why is it working this way:
>>
>> append initrd=initrd.gz url=tftp://10.0.2.2/preseed.cfg
>>
>> and not this way:
>>
>> append url=tftp://10.0.2.2/preseed.cfg   initrd=initrd.gz
>>
>>
>> In other words, what is the difference between arguments before
>> initrd.gz and after it.
>
> The way I see it (can be wrong), url= is a variable that's processed by
> the initrd itself, not the kernel. Therefore it makes sense to put
> initrd first, and its variables second.
>

This makes perfect sense, thanks again Reco for all your help.

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John Doe