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Table of Contents

The Linux BootPrompt−HowTo........................................................................................................................1

by Paul Gortmaker...................................................................................................................................1

1. Introduction..........................................................................................................................................1

2. Overview of Boot Prompt Arguments.................................................................................................1

3. General Non−Device Specific Boot Args............................................................................................1

4. Boot Arguments to Control PCI Bus Behaviour (`pci=').....................................................................1

5. Boot Arguments for Video Frame Buffer Drivers...............................................................................2

6. Boot Arguments for SCSI Peripherals.................................................................................................2

7. Hard Disks...........................................................................................................................................2

8. The Sound Drivers...............................................................................................................................2

9. CD−ROMs (Non−SCSI/ATAPI/IDE).................................................................................................2

10. Serial and ISDN Drivers....................................................................................................................2

11. Other Hardware Devices....................................................................................................................2

12. Copying, Translations, Closing, etc...................................................................................................2

1. Introduction.........................................................................................................................................3

1.1 Intended Audience and Applicability................................................................................................3

1.2 Related Documentation......................................................................................................................4

1.3 New Versions of this Document.......................................................................................................4

2. Overview of Boot Prompt Arguments................................................................................................4

2.1 LILO (LInux LOader).......................................................................................................................5

2.2 LoadLin.............................................................................................................................................5

2.3 The ``rdev'' utility..............................................................................................................................6

2.4 How the Kernel Sorts the Arguments................................................................................................6

2.5 Setting Environment Variables..........................................................................................................6

2.6 Passing Arguments to the `init' program............................................................................................7

3. General Non−Device Specific Boot Args...........................................................................................7

3.1 Root Filesystem options.....................................................................................................................7

The `root=' Argument........................................................................................................................7

The `rootflags=' Argument................................................................................................................8

The `rootfstype=' Argument..............................................................................................................8

The `ro' Argument.............................................................................................................................8

The `rw' Argument............................................................................................................................8

The `nfsroot=' Argument...................................................................................................................8

The `ip=' or `nfsaddrs=' Argument....................................................................................................8

3.2 Options Relating to RAM Disk Management....................................................................................8

The `ramdisk_start=' Argument........................................................................................................9

The `load_ramdisk=' Argument........................................................................................................9

The `prompt_ramdisk=' Argument....................................................................................................9

The `ramdisk_size=' Argument.........................................................................................................9

The `ramdisk_blocksize=' Argument..............................................................................................10

The `ramdisk=' Argument (obsolete)..............................................................................................10

The `noinitrd' (initial RAM disk) Argument...................................................................................10

3.3 Boot Arguments Related to Memory Handling...............................................................................10

The `cachesize=' Argument.............................................................................................................10

The `mem=' Argument....................................................................................................................11

The `memfrac=' Argument..............................................................................................................11

The `swap=' Argument....................................................................................................................11

The `buff=' Argument......................................................................................................................12

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