Hi, Is there still a known limit of 255 characters of the append line in syslinux (isolinux) from the config file ? A quick test showed me that when the APPEND line in the config-file is longer than 255 characters it arrives truncated in Linux. While typing more than 255 characters on the commandline does not cause the same issue and in Linux the kernel commandline exceeds the 255 character limit without a problem. This is tested using RHEL4.6 anaconda's 2.4.9 (BOOT) kernel. -- -- dag wieers, dag at wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors]
Dag Wieers wrote:> Hi, > > Is there still a known limit of 255 characters of the append line in > syslinux (isolinux) from the config file ? > > A quick test showed me that when the APPEND line in the config-file is > longer than 255 characters it arrives truncated in Linux. > > While typing more than 255 characters on the commandline does not cause > the same issue and in Linux the kernel commandline exceeds the 255 > character limit without a problem. > > This is tested using RHEL4.6 anaconda's 2.4.9 (BOOT) kernel. >Ancient Linux kernels like that have 255-character limit. Modern Linux kernels have a 2047-character limit. -hpa