From: Daniel Baumann Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:03:39 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Adding note about URL limitations in live-initramfs manpage when using fetch parameter. X-Git-Tag: debian/2.0.15-1~364 X-Git-Url: http://git.grml.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;h=bbf154a5407d5fd76a85e13e94566fbe669ab8df;p=live-boot-grml.git Adding note about URL limitations in live-initramfs manpage when using fetch parameter. --- diff --git a/manpages/live-initramfs.en.7.txt b/manpages/live-initramfs.en.7.txt index 687a939..ecf9db5 100644 --- a/manpages/live-initramfs.en.7.txt +++ b/manpages/live-initramfs.en.7.txt @@ -54,7 +54,15 @@ Makes initramfs boot process more verbose. fetch=*URL*:: Another form of netboot by downloading a squashfs image from a given url, -copying to ram and booting it. +copying to ram and booting it. Due to current limitations in busyboxs wget +and DNS resolution, an URL can not contain a hostname but an IP only. + +Not working: http://example.com/path/to/your_filesystem.squashfs +Working: http://1.2.3.4/path/to/your_filesystem.squashfs + +Also note that therefore it's currently not possible to fetch an image from a +namebased virtualhost of an httpd if it is sharing the ip with the main httpd +instance. hostname=*HOSTNAME*, username=*USER*, userfullname=*USERFULLNAME*::