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Hi, |
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I just wanted to add a few bootup options to my LiveCD (such as desired |
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X-resolution, default editor, username preferences etc. (got some |
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inspiration from Paul Kessler) but I have the problem that /proc/cmdline |
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seems to be limited to 256 chars: I appended some options to the |
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standard kernel-options and the CD didn't boot any more (when I do this |
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via livecd-stage2.conf). If I append the options via commandline on the |
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boot-prompt, they are ignored. |
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I found out, that the maximum length of the command line is 256 chars |
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('cat /proc/cmdline | wc -c'), the rest is truncated. One problem is, |
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that the default options for a livecd take up very much space. This |
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could be fixed in genkernel. |
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On the other hand, I found a (pretty recent) kernel patch, that |
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increases this limit to 512 chars: |
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http://syslinux.zytor.com/archives/2005-June/005313.html |
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As it seems, syslinux 3.09 (which can be used with genkernel) already |
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supports it. Maybe it can be included in gentoo-sources? I checked with |
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gentoo-sources-2.6.13-r2 and the feature is not included. |
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Greetings, |
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Georg |
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