Syslinux - Oct 2002 - booting pxelinux and subsequent tftp-reads

hello,

I used to start a network installation from redhat or suse over PXE using
the pxelinux component from the syslinux package. At the beginning of
installation I want to read some files (e.g. the kickstart-file) over tftp from
the pxe server. The problem is that from the point of view of the installation
loader I don't know the ip-address and the tftp path prefix of the pxe
server.

Is there a way to get the IP address and tftp path prefix from the pxelinux
bootloader?

Are there any modified pxelinux's or are there any plans for future syslinux
versions which replace special keywords from the append string with the
IP-Address and/or path prefix ?

Are there other solutions for that problem ?

Kind regards
Reiner Beninga

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