--- trunk/www/working/boot-params.html 2010/06/01 10:20:35 74 +++ trunk/www/working/boot-params.html 2010/06/01 13:23:50 75 @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
-The following info applies to SystemRescueCD v. 1.5.4. In case +The following info applies to SystemRescueCD v. 1.5.5. In case you need to get info for a more recent version of SystemRescueCD please see the page "Sysresccd-manual-en Booting the CD-ROM" |
General boot options
-Press <TAB> to add additional options. +
Press <TAB> to add additional options (in SystemRescueCd-1.5 and more recent)
bootdisks
and isolinux
directories). Add lowmem
if you have less that 400MB of memory of to prevent these directories to be copied.
-During boot you will be prompted for the keyboard configuration, avoid this by using -
-kk
(example: setkmap=de
for German keyboards)
+kk
(example: setkmap=de
for German keyboards). This way you won't be prompted for the keyboard configuration during the boot.
/dev/sda6
, use rescuecd root=/dev/sda6
to start it. Keep in mind that you must use a 64bit kernel if your system is made of 64bit programs. This option works with LVM volumes. Use rescuecd root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
. Support is also provided for root=auto
, which scans all the block devices tfor a linux system. The first linux system found will be started. So with root=auto
let you start the system installed from the CD-ROM in case you have problem with your boot loader or kernel. It's also possible to specify a partition using its filesystem label
or filesystem uuid
. If the label of the partition where linux is installed is mylinux
, then boot it using rescuecd root=LABEL=mylinux
. Similarly root=UUID=b3d3bec5-997a-413e-8449-0d0ec41ccba7
. See more details.
initscript=samba:start
. This does the same thing as /etc/init.d/samba start
. Use this option multiple times for different services. All the actions that are supported by an initscript can be used.
backstore=off
on the boot command line. If you want to save your backing-store file on an harddisk, boot with backstore=alldev
to scan all devices (not just removable devices). The default location for backing-stores file is any file named sysrcd.bs
located at the root of a disk which is often an USB stick. Change the path by using backstore=/sysrcd/mybackstore.bs
. See backing-stores.
@@ -165,8 +162,8 @@
Hardware, drivers and troubleshooting options
doload=3c59x
)
-noload=3c59x
). Use this option if you have a problem when the system loads a particular module.
+doload=3c59x,e1000
)
+noload=3c59x,e1000
). Use this option if you have a problem when the system loads a particular module.
skipmount=/dev/sda1 skipmount=/dev/sda2
to ignore these two partitions.
Network configuration and remote access
ifconfig
and ip
. You can use this option if you want to configure the network using these commands. This option is not necessary when SystemRescueCd is booting from the network since the service is automatically stopped in that case. This option requires SystemRescueCd-1.5.5 or more recent.
+/cidr
extension is optional. For instance, if you use option ethx=192.168.0.1
on a machine with two ethernet adapters, both eth0
and eth1
will be configured with 192.168.0.1
. You can use the format ethx=10.0.0.1/24
(using the cidr notation) if you don't use the default netmask.
ethx=ipaddr/cidr
but it configures only one interface at a time. To configure the network on a server that has two interfaces, use: eth0=192.168.10.1/24 eth1=192.168.20.1
.
dns=192.168.0.254
means that you want to use 192.168.0.254
as the DNS server.
@@ -197,7 +196,7 @@
1234
. That way you can connect from the network and ssh on the livecd and give 123456
password as the root password.
x
with the number of displays you want, and 123456
with your password The password must be between 5 and 8 characters, else the boot option will be ignored. In other words the vncserver=2:MyPaSsWd
option will give you access to two displays (display=1 on tcp/5901 and display=2 on tcp/5902). Display 0 is reserved for X.Org since SystemRescueCd-1.1.0.
-nameif=eth0!00:0C:29:57:D0:6E,eth1!00:0C:29:57:D0:64
. Be careful, you have to respect the separator (comma between the interfaces and exclamation marks between the name and the mac address).
+nameif=eth0!00:0C:29:57:D0:6E,eth1!00:0C:29:57:D0:64
. Be careful, you have to respect the separator (comma between the interfaces and exclamation marks between the name and the mac address). You can also use the magic keyword BOOTIF with SystemRescueCd-1.5.4 and more recent when you boot from pxelinux. The pxeboot loader will set BOOTIF to the name of the interface used to boot. You can then use something like nameif=eth0!BOOTIF
if you want the boot interface to be called eth0
on a computer with several Ethernet interfaces.
Network boot using PXE
SystemRescueCd provides several options for booting from the network using PXE.