From bbf154a5407d5fd76a85e13e94566fbe669ab8df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:03:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Adding note about URL limitations in live-initramfs manpage when using fetch parameter. --- manpages/live-initramfs.en.7.txt | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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*:: -- 2.1.4