znetboot.helpcms

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.cm       Name: ZNETBOOT HELPCMS
.cm       Date: 2015-Dec-27 (Sunday)
.cm             2017-Oct-21 (Sat) for RPH
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.cm ¢|CMS ZNETBOOT¢%

 Boot Linux from web-resident kernel.
 Note: ZNETBOOT uses a CMS-resident config file.
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 Use 'znetboot' to boot Linux in your virtual machine (presently running CMS).

 The syntax is:
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 |   znetboot   |   [filename]                                         |
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¢|Options:¢%

  none - ZNETBOOT does not use command-line options
         but does use a configuration file, <vmid> ZNETBOOT.

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¢|Example configuration:¢%

  Filename: LTROTH3 ZNETBOOT
  # the following are used by ZNETBOOT EXEC
  ZNETBOOT_KERNEL=http://znetboot.casita.net/nord/image
  ZNETBOOT_INITRD=http://znetboot.casita.net/nord/ramdisk.gz
  # the following are used by the bootstrap and vary from Linux to Linux
  NORD_HOSTNAME=mynord.mydomain.com
  NORD_IPV4AD=192.168.1.64
  NORD_IPV4GW=192.168.1.1
  NORD_IPV6AD=1234:5678:abcd::390/64

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¢|Configuration parameters:¢%

  ZNETBOOT_KERNEL=
  This parameter indicates the URL where the kernel is found.

  ZNETBOOT_INITRD=
  This parameter indicates the URL where the memory-based
  root filesystem is found. (initial RAM disk)

  ZNETBOOT_TOFILE=
  This parameter indicates a boot parameter which will be staged
  to a n intermediate file to be read by the installer.

  ZNETBOOT_PROGRESS=
  This parameter indicates the interval of progress reporting.
  If present, and a valid number, download progress will be reported.

  All other parameters prefixed with "ZNETBOOT_" are ignored.

  All parameters NOT prefixed with "ZNETBOOT_" are passed as-is
  to the stacked boot parameter deck.

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¢|Return Codes:¢%

 Return codes are set by CMS Pipelines and other support programs.
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See the following related topics:


cms curl                CURL REXX, a CMS work-alike of the Unix/Linux 'curl' utility

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