Re: appropriate code for a GRUB-specific option

[Christoph Plattner <christoph.plattner@alcatel.at>]

This is correct. But my point of view does not violate yours.
In the bootptab (or in the analog file in dhcp), you set up
a 'rp=', a 'bf=' etc. for every computer (client). 

So machine A has to boot with GRUB ->
	:
	:bf=/tftpboot/grub/nbGrub:\
	:rp=/tftpboot/machineA/menu.lst:\
	:

Machine B also boots GRUB
	:
	:bf=/tftpboot/grub/nbGrub:\
	:rp=/tftpboot/machineB/menu.lst:\
	:

Lets say, machine C runs without GRUB and loads Linux
	:
	:bf=/tftpboot/machineC/boot/bootImage:\   (done with mknbi-xxx)
	:rp=/tftpboot/machineC/root:\
	:

In this way, the admin can define, which machine run with or without
GRUB without any changes on the client (except that fact, that the
client
must be able to boot via a netboot/etherboot ROM).

With friendly regards

	Christoph Plattner

By the way: The 'rp=' tag is only an example.....


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Chip Salzenberg wrote:
> 
> According to Christoph Plattner:
> > Only the 'menu.lst'-file should configure which OS, which root paths,
> > etc. The bootptab or the dhcp configuration only should define
> > which machine which ip-address and which 'menu.lst' file the machine
> > gets.
> 
> Your point is well-taken.  However, it applies only if all machines
> are always booting with grub.  While that is a reasonable option if I
> were starting my project today, I'm not starting; I'm upgrading.  We
> still have boot media (floppy and CD) that depend on the rp= setting.
> They must keep working as we phase in grub.
> 
> I really don't see what the big problem is with using some of the
> extension space (options 128+) for grub's config file and, I suppose,
> other settings.  I'll probably do just that, actually, even if the
> official grub source tree doesn't follow along.
> --
> Chip Salzenberg              - a.k.a. -              <chip@valinux.com>
> "I wanted to play hopscotch with the impenetrable mystery of existence,
>     but he stepped in a wormhole and had to go in early."  // MST3K
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