Also allowing to use the removable keyword for specifying a live media.

[live-boot-grml.git] / manpages / live-initramfs.en.7.txt

diff --git a/manpages/live-initramfs.en.7.txt b/manpages/live-initramfs.en.7.txt
index 687a939..d6a7d21 100644 (file)
--- a/manpages/live-initramfs.en.7.txt
+++ b/manpages/live-initramfs.en.7.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,15 @@ Makes initramfs boot process more verbose.
   fetch=*URL*::
 
 Another form of netboot by downloading a squashfs image from a given url,
-copying to ram and booting it.
+copying to ram and booting it. Due to current limitations in busyboxs wget
+and DNS resolution, an URL can not contain a hostname but an IP only.
+
+Not working: http://example.com/path/to/your_filesystem.squashfs
+Working: http://1.2.3.4/path/to/your_filesystem.squashfs
+
+Also note that therefore it's currently not possible to fetch an image from a
+namebased virtualhost of an httpd if it is sharing the ip with the main httpd
+instance.
 
   hostname=*HOSTNAME*, username=*USER*, userfullname=*USERFULLNAME*::
 
@@ -106,6 +114,10 @@ to find this device for the "/live" directory where the read-only root
 filesystem should reside. If it did not find something usable, the normal scan
 for block devices is performed.
 
+Instead of specifing an actual device name, the keyword 'removable' can be used
+to limit the search of acceptable live media to removable type only. Note that
+cdrom devices are not removable, but e.g. usb mass storage is.
+
   {live-media-encryption|encryption}=**TYPE**::
 
 live-initramfs will mount the encrypted rootfs TYPE, asking the passphrase,
@@ -237,6 +249,11 @@ This parameter will make live-initramfs to show on "/" the ro filesystems
 lead to problems by applications like "mono" which store binary paths on
 installation.
 
+  silent
+
+If you boot with the normal quiet parameter, live-initramfs hides most messages
+of its own. When adding silent, it hides all.
+
   textonly
 
 Start up to text-mode shell prompts, disabling the graphical user interface.