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2.3 The ``rdev'' utilityThere are a few of the kernel boot parameters that have their default values stored in various bytes in thekernel im

2.6 Passing Arguments to the `init' programAny remaining arguments that were not picked up by the kernel and were not interpreted as environmentv

The `rootflags=' ArgumentThis option allows you to give options pertaining to the mounting of the root filesystem just as you would tothe mount p

The `ramdisk_start=' ArgumentTo allow a kernel image to reside on a floppy disk along with a compressed ramdisk image, the`ramdisk_start=<offs

The `ramdisk_blocksize=' ArgumentThis can be tuned for better memory management behaviour. Quoting from the ramdisk driver rd.c:It would be very

The `mem=' ArgumentThis argument has several purposes: The original purpose was to specify the amount of installed memory (or avalue less than th

PAGE_INITIAL_AGE AGE_CLUSTER_FRACT AGE_CLUSTER_MIN PAGEOUT_WEIGHT BUFFEROUT_WEIGHTInterested hackers are advised t

The threshold for what is and what isn't considered important is set by the console_loglevel variable.The default is to log anything more importa

The `isapnp_reserve_io=' ArgumentThis takes the form of: isapnp_reserve_irq=io1,size1,io2,size2,...ioN,sizeN whereioX,sizeX are I/O start and len

specified amount. The fault_level is only for raid−1 and sets the maximum fault number to the specifiednumber. (Currently unsupported due to lack of b

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The `noisapnp' ArgumentIf ISA PnP is built into the kernel, this will disable it.The `nomce' ArgumentSome newer processors have the ability

The `profile=' ArgumentKernel developers can profile how and where the kernel is spending its CPU cycles in an effort to maximizeefficiency and p

often be used with some other boot argument. Hence if you specify a reserve region to protect a specificdevice, you must generally specify an explicit

default is to use the BIOS.4.3 The `pci=conf1' and `pci=conf2' ArgumentsIf PCI direct mode is enabled, the use of these enables either confi

4.11 The `pci=rom' ArgumentThis sets the ASSIGN_ROM flag during the probing phase. The kernel will assign address space to expansionROMs. Use wit

5.3 The `video=vc:...' ArgumentA number, or a range of numbers (e.g. video=vc:2−5) will specify the first, or the first and last framebuffer virt

The first two numbers are specified in units of kB. The default buf_size is 32kB, and the maximum sizethat can be specified is a ridiculous 16384kB. T

wd7000= Western Digital WD7000 cards7. Hard DisksThis section lists all the boot args associated with standard MFM/RLL, ST−506, XT, and IDE disk drive

"ide0=umc8672" : probe/support umc8672 chipsetsDuring the install of some PCMCIA systems, you may be able to get detection of your

8. The Sound DriversNote that there was a rewrite of a lot of the sound core and related drivers. The older stuff is generally called`OSS' and th

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snd−gusextreme= Gus extremesnd−gusmax= Gus Maxsnd−interwave= Interwavesnd−interwave−stb= Interwavesnd−opl3sa2= Yamaha OPL3SA2snd−opti93x= OPTi 82c93x

ALSA PCI Driverssnd−ali5451= ALi PCI audio M5451snd−als4000= Avance Logic ALS4000snd−cmipci= C−Media CMI8338 and 8738snd−cs4281= Cirrus Logic CS4281sn

9. CD−ROMs (Non−SCSI/ATAPI/IDE)This section lists all the possible boot args pertaining to these older CD−ROM devices on proprietaryinterface cards. N

10.2 The Serial driversPlease see linux/Documentation/ and/or the README files in linux/drivers/char for the fulldetails of all the options that the f

floppy=0,daring Tells the floppy driver that your floppy controller should be used with caution(disables all daring operations).floppy=thinkpad Tells

to use. (Using N=0 will disable the plip driver.)12. Copying, Translations, Closing, etc.Hey, you made it to the end! (Phew...) Now just the legal stu

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The Linux BootPrompt−HowToby Paul Gortmaker.v1.4, Mar 21, 2003This is the BootPrompt−Howto, which is a compilation of all the possible boot time argum

5. Boot Arguments for Video Frame Buffer Drivers5.1 The `video=map:...' Argument• 5.2 The `video=scrollback:...' Argument• 5.3 The `video=vc

1. IntroductionThe kernel has the capability to accept information at boot in the form of a `command line', similar to anargument list you would

1.2 Related DocumentationFor a while now, the kernel source has come with the filelinux/Documentation/kernel−parameters.txt. This file contains a brie

It is important to note that spaces should not be used in a boot argument, but only between separatearguments. A list of values that are for a single