Boot Settings
Version 4 (jams, 11/07/2011 06:48 am)
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| 3 | 4 | jams | The following parameters can be passed onto the installer via kernel command line parameters. |
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| 7 | 4 | jams | h2. Display settings |
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| 9 | 4 | jams | * displayres: |
| 10 | 4 | jams | Try using this resolution for install. If the mode is invalid it will be rejected. |
| 11 | 4 | jams | example: displayres=1024x768 |
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| 13 | 4 | jams | * forceXvesa |
| 14 | 4 | jams | Force the use of the vesa framebuffer driver |
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| 16 | 4 | jams | * vnc |
| 17 | 4 | jams | - Do not start X on the console, instead use vnc for the install. If no static ip has been given, then dhcp will be used to find a network address. |
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| 20 | 4 | jams | h2. network settings |
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| 22 | 4 | jams | The following options will be set at boot, but will also transfer to the install. |
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| 24 | 4 | jams | * cnetdev |
| 25 | 4 | jams | Set the network device to use. |
| 26 | 4 | jams | example: cnetdev=eth0 |
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| 28 | 4 | jams | * cip= set a static ip or use dhcp for network. |
| 29 | 4 | jams | example: cip=dhcp |
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| 31 | 4 | jams | if dhcp is NOT used, then the following are required: |
| 32 | 4 | jams | - cnetmask - set the netmask |
| 33 | 4 | jams | - cgateway - set the default gateway |
| 34 | 4 | jams | - cdns - set a dns server |
| 35 | 4 | jams | example: cip=ip cnetmask=255.255.255.0 cgateway=192.168.1.1 cdns=192.168.1.1 |
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| 37 | 4 | jams | * chostname – Set the hostname for the server |
| 38 | 4 | jams | example: chostname=Samplehostname |
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| 42 | 4 | jams | h2. Remote control options |
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| 44 | 4 | jams | * remote |
| 45 | 4 | jams | - Set the remote to use on install. remote=Streamzap |
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| 47 | 4 | jams | * remoteport |
| 48 | 4 | jams | - If a serial port reciever is used, use this option to set the port. remoteport=ttyS0 |