Re: Floppy boot disk boot options
On Tuesday 07 August 2001 08:24, Glenn Williams wrote: May we have an example of number in the line above, please? Is it the kernel version number, or the distro number, or you fill in the blanks, please. linux single linux 1 (as above) linux 3 (non gui) linux 5 (fly blown kde2) also and of course the word 'linux' is normally 'ok' but it depends what on earth _that_ kernel image was called in lilo.conf. Generally the prompt is a dead giveaway. You can of course also add the parm linux 3 root=/dev/somewhere boot=/somewhere_else noinitrd The verb noinitrd is essential for cd rom booting because it tells the loader NOT to use the specially created install-everything kernel that would be present on that cd. It also causes the booter to go to the real image, pass go, and collect $200. Bestest bet you can have is simply try these parms and play a bit, you *cannot* hurt your linux system doing so. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Floppy boot disk boot options
On Monday 06 August 2001 09:17, Glenn Williams wrote: Hi, Group: I've spent all morning looking for a list of options that will be accepted at the boot: prompt, when booting from a home brew or boxed set boot disk. Can anyone help? /usr/src/linux/Documentation/kernel-paramaters.txt contains a list of (among many other things) items that can be declared at boot time. man lilo.conf contains several pre-built command line options beginning with 'append=' and, finally man init contains paramaters that will be passed up through the kernel and ignored, to the init program. Items like 1, single, emergency, etc. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Floppy boot disk boot options
On Tuesday 07 August 2001 03:41, Glenn Williams wrote: Hi, Mike: I failed to word my query properly. Specifically, I was looking for information on what to type at the boot: prompt when booting with a rescue disk from the boxed set, in order to boot an already-installed [snip] I don't have much experience with rescue boots fortunate grin The one that works for me is generally via a cd rom boot (any distro) and goes linux number root=/dev/hd?? nointrd I thinlk I understood the rest of your message, am just supplying some extra snippets for folks. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Floppy boot disk boot options
On Monday 06 August 2001 11:35 am, Mike Andrew observed: [snip] I don't have much experience with rescue boots fortunate grin The one that works for me is generally via a cd rom boot (any distro) and goes linux number root=/dev/hd?? nointrd Mike: Hmmm. That's interesting. May we have an example of number in the line above, please? Is it the kernel version number, or the distro number, or you fill in the blanks, please. Thanks. Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Floppy boot disk boot options
Hi, Group: I've spent all morning looking for a list of options that will be accepted at the boot: prompt, when booting from a home brew or boxed set boot disk. Can anyone help? Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
