Allen Wittenauer <awittenauer(a)linkedin.com> wrote:
On Feb 28, 2011, at 1:12 PM, Scott Henson wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:13:30 -0800, petermity <6t12-n6js(a)dea.spamcon.org>
wrote:
>> I would like to be able to append some explanatory text to [some
>> of] the PXE menu entries.
>>
>> I can see that the Cobbler-generated pxelinux.cfg/default file
>> has a MENU LABEL line for each entry. I can see in the
>> pxeprofile.template file that this is from variable $menu_label.
>> But I don't see any way to modify or append to it from anything
>> in profile dumpvars. Is there a way? If not, is this a planned
>> enhancement?
>
> No and not currently but we would love something like that. Every
> profile has a 'comment' section. I don't think it would be hard to get
> that exposed in the template and include it.
Rather than expose comment, it should probably be a new field. Otherwise someone might
be caught by surprise... :p
I agree, it should be something new and separate like $menu_description,
for profiles, systems, and images.