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On Wednesday 21 June 2006 13:58, Alexander Skwar wrote: |
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> Hm - can you also *modify* the boot commands? Say, the boot command |
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> in lilo.conf contains "vga=123" and now, for whatever reason, you |
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> want "vga=ask" - what to do? |
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You pass vga=ask on the fly on the command line and this takes precedence |
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over whatever is in lilo.conf. |
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The same happens for the "root=", "initrd=", "ramdisk=", and other kernel |
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parameters. |
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As an example, consider the "root=" option: if you mistakenly put the |
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wrong root= in lilo.conf, it would be impossible to recover without |
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booting a live cd or some other kernel. Instead, you pass a |
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different "root=" options on lilo command line (which passes the option |
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to the kernel, of course) and you can boot without having to resort to |
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external media. |
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