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Re: [Xen-users] kernel ip boot line

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] kernel ip boot line
From: Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:51:16 +0100
Cc: "Shaun R." <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Friday 15 August 2008, Shaun R. wrote:
> I'm setting the ip/netmask/gateway in the domu.cfg, when my domU boots i
> see this on the kernel line
>
> ip=204.15.135.69:1.2.3.4:204.15.135.67:255.255.255.248::eth0:dhcp
>
> where is this 1.2.3.4 address from?

The syntax of this option is described in the file Documentation/nfsroot.txt 
in the Linux kernel tree.  It says the syntax is as follows:

ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf>

Hope this helps you?

Cheers,
Mark
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