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commandline [2009/08/22 04:38]
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commandline [2010/01/30 06:57]
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 =====Etherboot command-line===== =====Etherboot command-line=====
 ====Network Interfaces==== ====Network Interfaces====
-Etherboot names interfaces following the pattern "​net#"​.+Etherboot names interfaces following the pattern "​net#"​.  The special network interface alias "​netX"​ refers to the last opened network interface.
  
 **ifstat [interfaces...]** Displays information and statistics about the specified interface. ​ If no interface is specified, displays information about all detected interfaces. ​ Information includes MAC address, PCI bus/​slot/​function identiers, and packet counts. **ifstat [interfaces...]** Displays information and statistics about the specified interface. ​ If no interface is specified, displays information about all detected interfaces. ​ Information includes MAC address, PCI bus/​slot/​function identiers, and packet counts.
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 **<​dhcp_opt_num>:<​format>​** Set a DHCP option by its number (ie. //​209:​string//​ for PXELINUX config file override) **<​dhcp_opt_num>:<​format>​** Set a DHCP option by its number (ie. //​209:​string//​ for PXELINUX config file override)
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 +**busid** This yields a five-byte hexadecimal code representing the adapter'​s bus type, followed by the two-byte vendor ID, followed by the two-byte device ID.  This could be handy for fetching an initrd or other RAM disk image containing the OS driver for the particular network adapter. ​ For example:
 +  gPXE> initrd http://​webserver/​initrd-${net0/​busid}
 ==SMBIOS== ==SMBIOS==
 Read-only access to the system'​s Systems Management BIOS.  Identifiers follow the format <​type>​.<​offset>​.<​length>:<​format>​. ​ Example: To read the Manufacturer name, //get smbios/​1.4.0:​string//​ will read SMBIOS offset 4 as a string. ​ Valid formats: string, uristring (for URI-friendly string format), ipv4, int8, int16, int32, uint8, uint16, uint32, hex, uuid Read-only access to the system'​s Systems Management BIOS.  Identifiers follow the format <​type>​.<​offset>​.<​length>:<​format>​. ​ Example: To read the Manufacturer name, //get smbios/​1.4.0:​string//​ will read SMBIOS offset 4 as a string. ​ Valid formats: string, uristring (for URI-friendly string format), ipv4, int8, int16, int32, uint8, uint16, uint32, hex, uuid

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