From e1ea9877dbb64a962028201731c810d4a5789ed1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Hameleers Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2016 22:01:15 +0200 Subject: Update syslinux & grub help files with latest boot parameter info. --- EFI/BOOT/help.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++ syslinux/f2.txt | 2 +- syslinux/f3.txt | 2 +- syslinux/f4.txt | 2 +- syslinux/f5.txt | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 5 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 syslinux/f5.txt diff --git a/EFI/BOOT/help.txt b/EFI/BOOT/help.txt index 9c29f01..e9605f3 100644 --- a/EFI/BOOT/help.txt +++ b/EFI/BOOT/help.txt @@ -29,6 +29,23 @@ noload=mod1[,mod2[...]] => Prevent loading of one or more squashfs modules from the directory "/liveslak/addons". By default all these modules are loaded on boot. +=== Network boot === + +dhcpwait= => Maximum wait time for the DHCP client to + configure a network interface (default: 20 seconds). + +nfsroot=ip.ad.dr.ess:/path/to/liveslak => defines the IP address + of the NFS server, and the path to the extracted content + of Slackware Live Edition. + +nic=::[:ipaddr:netmask[:gateway]] + => network device customization, usually this parameter is + not needed when your network runs a DHCP server. + Specify a driver if UDEV does not detect the device. Specify the + interface if Slackware Live can not figure it out. If you specify + 'static' you need to also specify ipaddr and netmask. The gateway + is optional but needed to access the internet for instance. + === Hardware related === localhd => initialize RAID/LVM on local hard drives. diff --git a/syslinux/f2.txt b/syslinux/f2.txt index ca2d9b4..2451b39 100644 --- a/syslinux/f2.txt +++ b/syslinux/f2.txt @@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ noload=mod1[,mod2[...]] => Prevent loading of one or more squashfs modules from the directory "/liveslack/addons". By default all these modules are loaded on boot. -== [F1]: Home [F3]: Media tweaks [F4]: Hardware/troubleshooting == +== [F1]: Home [F3]: Media tweaks [F4]: HW/debug [F5]: Network boot == diff --git a/syslinux/f3.txt b/syslinux/f3.txt index 6a4f2b8..b55fa14 100644 --- a/syslinux/f3.txt +++ b/syslinux/f3.txt @@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ persistence=directoryname => Use this if you want to use toram => copy the OS from the media to to RAM before running it. You can remove the boot media after booting. -== [F1]: Home [F2]: Desktop setup [F4]: Hardware/troubleshooting == +== [F1]: Home [F2]: Desktop setup [F4]: HW/debug [F5]: Network boot == diff --git a/syslinux/f4.txt b/syslinux/f4.txt index 8842bcc..ee397ba 100644 --- a/syslinux/f4.txt +++ b/syslinux/f4.txt @@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ debug => During init, pause at strategic locations while rescue => After initialization, you will be dropped in a rescue shell to perform lowlevel maintenance. -== [F1]: Home [F2]: Desktop setup [F3]: Media tweaks == +== [F1]: Home [F2]: Desktop setup [F3]: Media tweaks [F5]: Network boot == diff --git a/syslinux/f5.txt b/syslinux/f5.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3fcd20a --- /dev/null +++ b/syslinux/f5.txt @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +== Tweaks for the boot commandline == + +=== Network boot === + +dhcpwait= => Maximum wait time for the DHCP client to + configure a network interface (default: 20 seconds). + +nfsroot=ip.ad.dr.ess:/path/to/liveslak => defines the IP address + of the NFS server, and the path to the extracted content + of Slackware Live Edition. + +nic=::[:ipaddr:netmask[:gateway]] + => network device customization, usually this parameter is + not needed when your network runs a DHCP server. + Specify a driver if UDEV does not detect the device. Specify the + interface if Slackware Live can not figure it out. If you specify + 'static' you need to also specify ipaddr and netmask. The gateway + is optional but needed to access the internet for instance. + +== [F1]: Home [F2]: Desktop setup [F3]: Media tweaks [F4]: HW/debug == -- cgit v1.2.3