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From: Joshua Saddler <nightmorph@××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-doc-cvs@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: hb-install-x86+amd64-medium.xml
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:59:05
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1 nightmorph 08/03/27 04:59:02
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3 Modified: hb-install-x86+amd64-medium.xml
4 Log:
5 synced up the boot parameters, with many updates from wolf31o2
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7 Revision Changes Path
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10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-x86+amd64-medium.xml?rev=1.14&view=markup
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14 Index: hb-install-x86+amd64-medium.xml
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20 --- hb-install-x86+amd64-medium.xml 1 Mar 2008 08:21:56 -0000 1.13
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23 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
24 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
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26 -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-x86+amd64-medium.xml,v 1.13 2008/03/01 08:21:56 nightmorph Exp $ -->
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29 <sections>
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31 @@ -392,31 +392,143 @@
32 </p>
33
34 <pre caption="Options available to pass to your kernel of choice">
35 -- agpgart loads agpgart (use if you have graphic problems,lockups)
36 -- acpi=on loads support for ACPI firmware
37 -- ide=nodma force disabling of DMA for malfunctioning IDE devices
38 -- doscsi scan for scsi devices (breaks some ethernet cards)
39 -- dopcmcia starts pcmcia service for PCMCIA cdroms
40 -- nofirewire disables firewire modules in initrd (for firewire cdroms,etc)
41 -- nokeymap disables keymap selection for non-us keyboard layouts
42 -- docache cache the entire runtime portion of cd in RAM, allows you
43 - to umount /mnt/cdrom to mount another cdrom.
44 -- nodetect causes hwsetup/kudzu and hotplug not to run
45 -- nousb disables usb module load from initrd, disables hotplug
46 -- nodhcp dhcp does not automatically start if nic detected
47 -- nohotplug disables loading hotplug service
48 -- noapic disable apic (try if having hardware problems nics,scsi,etc)
49 -- noevms disable loading of EVMS2 modules
50 -- nolvm disable loading of LVM2 modules
51 -- hdx=stroke allows you to partition the whole harddrive even when your BIOS
52 - can't handle large harddrives
53 -- noload=module1,[module2,[...]]
54 - disable loading of specific kernel modules
55 -- dosshd starts sshd, useful for unattended installs
56 -- passwd=foo sets whatever is after the = as the root password; use with the
57 - dosshd option for remote installs
58 +<comment>Hardware options:</comment>
59 +
60 +acpi=on This loads support for ACPI and also causes the acpid daemon to
61 + be started by the CD on boot. This is only needed if your
62 + system requires ACPI to function properly. This is not
63 + required for Hyperthreading support.
64 +
65 +acpi=off Completely disables ACPI. This is useful on some older systems
66 + and is also a requirement for using APM. This will disable any
67 + Hyperthreading support of your processor.
68 +
69 +console=X This sets up serial console access for the CD. The first
70 + option is the device, usually ttyS0 on x86, followed by any
71 + connection options, which are comma separated. The default
72 + options are 9600,8,n,1.
73 +
74 +dmraid=X This allows for passing options to the device-mapper RAID
75 + subsystem. Options should be encapsulated in quotes.
76 +doapm This loads APM driver support. This requires you to also use
77 + acpi=off.
78 +
79 +dopcmcia This loads support for PCMCIA and Cardbus hardware and also
80 + causes the pcmcia cardmgr to be started by the CD on boot.
81 + This is only required when booting from PCMCIA/Cardbus devices.
82 +
83 +doscsi This loads support for most SCSI controllers. This is also a
84 + requirement for booting most USB devices, as they use the SCSI
85 + subsystem of the kernel.
86 +
87 +hda=stroke This allows you to partition the whole hard disk even when your
88 + BIOS is unable to handle large disks. This option is only used
89 + on machines with an older BIOS. Replace hda with the device
90 + that is requiring this option.
91 +
92 +ide=nodma This forces the disabling of DMA in the kernel and is required
93 + by some IDE chipsets and also by some CDROM drives. If your
94 + system is having trouble reading from your IDE CDROM, try this
95 + option. This also disables the default hdparm settings from
96 + being executed.
97 +
98 +noapic This disables the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
99 + that is present on newer motherboards. It has been known to
100 + cause some problems on older hardware.
101 +
102 +nodetect This disables all of the autodetection done by the CD,
103 + including device autodetection and DHCP probing. This is
104 + useful for doing debugging of a failing CD or driver.
105 +
106 +nodhcp This disables DHCP probing on detected network cards. This is
107 + useful on networks with only static addresses.
108 +
109 +nodmraid Disables support for device-mapper RAID, such as that used for
110 + on-board IDE/SATA RAID controllers.
111 +
112 +nofirewire This disables the loading of Firewire modules. This should
113 + only be necessary if your Firewire hardware is causing
114 + a problem with booting the CD.
115 +
116 +nogpm This diables gpm console mouse support.
117 +
118 +nohotplug This disables the loading of the hotplug and coldplug init
119 + scripts at boot. This is useful for doing debugging of a
120 + failing CD or driver.
121 +
122 +nokeymap This disables the keymap selection used to select non-US
123 + keyboard layouts.
124 +
125 +nolapic This disables the local APIC on Uniprocessor kernels.
126 +
127 +nosata This disables the loading of Serial ATA modules. This is used
128 + if your system is having problems with the SATA subsystem.
129 +
130 +nosmp This disables SMP, or Symmetric Multiprocessing, on SMP-enabled
131 + kernels. This is useful for debugging SMP-related issues with
132 + certain drivers and motherboards.
133 +
134 +nosound This disables sound support and volume setting. This is useful
135 + for systems where sound support causes problems.
136 +
137 +nousb This disables the autoloading of USB modules. This is useful
138 + for debugging USB issues.
139 +
140 +slowusb This adds some extra pauses into the boot process for slow
141 + USB CDROMs, like in the IBM BladeCenter.
142 +
143 +<comment>Volume/Device Management:</comment>
144 +
145 +doevms This enables support for IBM's pluggable EVMS, or Enterprise
146 + Volume Management System. This is not safe to use with lvm.
147 +
148 +dolvm This enables support for Linux's Logical Volume Management.
149 + This is not safe to use with evms.
150 +
151 +<comment>Other options:</comment>
152 +
153 +debug Enables debugging code. This might get messy, as it displays
154 + a lot of data to the screen.
155 +
156 +docache This caches the entire runtime portion of the CD into RAM,
157 + which allows you to umount /mnt/cdrom and mount another CDROM.
158 + This option requires that you have at least twice as much
159 + available RAM as the size of the CD.
160 +
161 +doload=X This causes the initial ramdisk to load any module listed, as
162 + well as dependencies. Replace X with the module name.
163 +
164 + Multiple modules can be specified by a comma-separated list.
165 +
166 +dosshd Starts sshd on boot, which is useful for unattended installs.
167 +
168 +passwd=foo Sets whatever follows the equals as the root password, which
169 + is required for dosshd since we scramble the root password.
170 +
171 +noload=X This causes the initial ramdisk to skip the loading of a
172 + specific module that may be causing a problem. Syntax matches
173 + that of doload.
174 +
175 +nonfs Disables the starting of portmap/nfsmount on boot.
176 +
177 +nox This causes an X-enabled LiveCD to not automatically start X,
178 + but rather, to drop to the command line instead.
179 +
180 +scandelay This causes the CD to pause for 10 seconds during certain
181 + portions the boot process to allow for devices that are slow to
182 + initialize to be ready for use.
183 +
184 +scandelay=X This allows you to specify a given delay, in seconds, to be
185 + added to certain portions of the boot process to allow for
186 + devices that are slow to initialize to be ready for use.
187 + Replace X with the number of seconds to pause.
188 </pre>
189
190 +<note>
191 +The CD will check for "no*" options before "do*" options, so that you can
192 +override any option in the exact order you specify.
193 +</note>
194 +
195 <p>
196 Now boot your CD, select a kernel (if you are not happy with the default
197 <c>gentoo</c> kernel) and boot options. As an example, we show you how
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