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[bewerk] MCNLive bootcodes on 30-4-2006

LiveCD bootcodes: These codes allow you to override the LiveCD defaults to modify the boot process for your specific needs. The codes can be used on their own (as specified) on the syslinux (initial) boot command-line or can be combined to specify more than one listed option, eg.

livecd noxauto xdrv=vesa xres=1280x800 keyb=be

The following codes are available as of 30 april 2006:

livecd copy2ram

Copies the entire system to RAM. The way to get a superfast system, but needs a minimum of 512 MB RAM.

livecd debug

Prints usefull information (for developers) from the various scripts while loading the LiveCD.

livecd fstab='opts'

Override the default generation of the fstab. Valid options, combined with "," are the following: auto or noauto and ro or rw.

livecd keyb='mapping'

Use a different keyboard layout mapping from the one the LiveCD was built with. Example: livecd keyb=de_nodeadkeys

livecd nonetwork

Don't probe/detect network cards

livecd nopcmcia

Don't probe/detect PCMCIA devices

livecd nosound

Don't probe/detect sound cards

livecd noscsi

Disable the probing of SCSI devices at boot. Do not use this option when booting from a SCSI device since the boot will fail.

livecd nousb

Disable the probing of USB devices at boot. Do not use this option when booting from a USB device since the boot will fail.

livecd noxauto

Don't use autoconfig X. User can specify xdrv, xbpp, xres .If the user-specified settings will not work for the current card, allow fallback to a safe detection default.

livecd unionfs=no

Don't use unionfs copy-on-write (COW) file overlay mounts, even if available on the LiveCD. This option overrides unionfs support, resorting to the normal file operation. (Slower, more memory required, but safer)

livecd noxauto xbpp='depth'

Specify the bitdepth for X. 'depth' can be one of 8, 15, 16, 24 or 32.

livecd noxauto xdrv='driver'

Override the default driver chosen for your video card with 'driver'. Example: livecd noxauto xdrv=vesa

livecd noxauto xram='videoram'

Use 'videoram' (KB) instead of the probed video card RAM

livecd noxauto xres='res'

Specify the resolution for X. 'res' can be one of 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1600x1400, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050

Besides the above mentioned bootcodes, the isolinux will accept all the normal kernel boot codes i.e. vga=xxx for the framebuffer resolution, splash=verbose|silent to turn on or off the splash screen, acpi=off noapic nolapic parameters, init 3

Single function bootcodes are boot codes which don't need the livecd in front:

safeboot

Boots the livecd with almost no detection. Equivalent to boot with:

livecd acpi=off vga=normal keyb=us noapic nolapic noscsi nopcmcia nomce unionfs=no