Re: [Xen-users] how to set 'extra' parameter of xen configuration file?

["Fajar A. Nugraha" <fajar@xxxxxxxxx>]

2009/5/25 Turinglifer Chu <Turinglifer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> how to set 'extra' parameter of xen configuration file?

Depends on how you boot domU. When using pygrub, it needs to be in
domU's grub.conf. When using kernel on dom0, you can use "extra"
parameter.

> I found several format in this parameter, such as:
>
> extra   = "text ks=nfs:192.168.1.254:/disk1/yum/centos5/ks.xen.centos5.txt"
> or
> extra =  "headless ip=dhcp method=nfs:129.158.218.44:/mnt lang=en_US
> keymap=us ksdevice=eth0"
>
> Is there a specification to show how to edit this parameter, and to explain
> what the content of it mean?

Some options are generic to linux, while others depends on what distro
you use. Try
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Options
http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Installation_Guide/s1-kickstart2-startinginstall.html
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/BootPrompt-HOWTO.html

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Fajar

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