From 0398ecc18ca2456f3bfc616811004d09e9233102 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hpa Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:42:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] FQDNs no longer required. --- NEWS | 9 ++++----- pxelinux.doc | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 22c0b4e..9992f80 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -28,11 +28,10 @@ Changes in 3.00: * New simple menu system, as an alternative to the advanced menu system already present. See README.menu for details. * PXELINUX: Filenames can now be prefixed with an IP address - or *fully qualified* DNS name plus :: - (e.g. 192.0.2.1::filename or server.domain.com::filename), - which downloads a file from an alternate TFTP server, or - just a :: (e.g. ::filename), which suppresses the common - pathname prefix. See pxelinux.doc. + or DNS name plus :: (e.g. 192.0.2.1::filename or + server.domain.com::filename), which downloads a file from an + alternate TFTP server, or just a :: (e.g. ::filename), which + suppresses the common pathname prefix. See pxelinux.doc. * SYSLINUX: Add an -m option to the Win32 installer (only!) to write an MBR and -a to mark the partition SYSLINUX is being installed on active. This will hopefully be added diff --git a/pxelinux.doc b/pxelinux.doc index d76e3f3..7e01626 100644 --- a/pxelinux.doc +++ b/pxelinux.doc @@ -321,9 +321,9 @@ IP address::filename (e.g. 192.0.2.1::filename) Suppresses the common filename prefix, *and* sends a request to an alternate TFTP server. Instead of an IP address, a - *fully qualified* DNS name can be used, - e.g. "bootserver.domain.com::filename" should work, but - "bootserver::filename" typically will not. + DNS name can be used. It will be assumed to be fully + qualified if it contains dots; otherwise the local domain as + reported by the DHCP server (option 15) will be added. :: was chosen because it is unlikely to conflict with operating system usage. However, if you happen to have an environment for which the -- 2.7.4