Bug 291881 - pxeboot.cfg is a directory not a file
Summary: pxeboot.cfg is a directory not a file
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora Documentation
Classification: Fedora
Component: install-guide
Version: devel
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Paul W. Frields
QA Contact: Paul W. Frields
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-09-15 04:06 UTC by John McBride
Modified: 2007-09-15 04:16 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-09-15 04:16:06 UTC
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Description John McBride 2007-09-15 04:06:32 UTC
Description of problem:

F7 installation guide, Appendix B. #5. states pxeboot.cfg is a file. It is not a
file, it is a directory with content, usually a file named "default" and the
content shown.


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There are many references and howtos on the web showing this to be true.

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5. Create a minimal /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default file:
DEFAULT pxeboot
TIMEOUT 50
LABEL pxeboot
      KERNEL vmlinuz
      APPEND initrd=initrd.img
ONERROR LOCALBOOT 0

Comment 1 Paul W. Frields 2007-09-15 04:16:06 UTC
Fixed in rawhide and will make it to the F8 IG.  Thanks for the catch.


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