Syslinux - Nov 2008 - editing kernel options before boot

Hello,

With grub I can use "e" to edit the kernel options before booting.

Can I do this with pxelinux.0?

I have a lot of kickstart files, and now I have inherited a lot of
hardware which requires a serial console and text install.

Instead of doubling the number of kickstart files, it would be nice if
I could append "text serial=XXX" to the kernel options for a
particular label - but at boot time.

i.e. rather than this:
boot: 1<enter>
I would like some way to see what I would be booting, and edit it.

I searched the archive for boot options but could not find anything.

d

>Hello,
>
>With grub I can use "e" to edit the kernel options before booting.
>
>Can I do this with pxelinux.0?
Yes.

Press Tab when you are in the boot menu

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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, degbert degbert wrote:
> With grub I can use "e" to edit the kernel options before
booting.
>
> Can I do this with pxelinux.0?
>
> I have a lot of kickstart files, and now I have inherited a lot of
> hardware which requires a serial console and text install.
>
> Instead of doubling the number of kickstart files, it would be nice if
> I could append "text serial=XXX" to the kernel options for a
> particular label - but at boot time.
>
> i.e. rather than this:
> boot: 1<enter>
> I would like some way to see what I would be booting, and edit it.
>
> I searched the archive for boot options but could not find anything.
If you use the menu system, you can edit entries by pressing [TAB] on that 
entry. I don't know of any other way to edit an existing entry.

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"degbert degbert" <degbert42 at gmail.com> writes:
> With grub I can use "e" to edit the kernel options before
booting.
> Can I do this with pxelinux.0?
Use (vesa)menu.c32.
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Feri.