X-Git-Url: http://git.grml.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=manpages%2Fen%2Flive-boot.7;h=3a8c1a900f0cd0129caad1202b325c9fb13c1137;hb=cb53729222fcb350c6bdb3c7b503806234c72002;hp=db3664135f3e1bcfcd17ef87524bd9defb4505fa;hpb=41611e087d9be36c3eb8526e8cce715a47aca9ca;p=live-boot-grml.git diff --git a/manpages/en/live-boot.7 b/manpages/en/live-boot.7 index db36641..3a8c1a9 100644 --- a/manpages/en/live-boot.7 +++ b/manpages/en/live-boot.7 @@ -24,6 +24,39 @@ In addition, there are some more boot parameters to influence the behaviour, see .SS Configuration Files \fBlive\-boot\fR can be configured (but not activated) through configuration files. Those files can be placed either in the root filesystem itself (/etc/live/boot.conf, /etc/live/boot/*), or on the live media (live/boot.conf, live/boot/*). +These environment variables can only be set in the configuration files: + +.TP +\fBDISABLE_CDROM\fR=[\fItrue\fR|\fIfalse\fR] +Disable support for booting from CD-ROMs. If set to '\fIy\fR' mkinitramfs will build an initramfs without the kernel modules for reading CD-ROMs. + +.TP +\fBDISABLE_FAT\fR=[\fItrue\fR|\fIfalse\fR] +Disable support for booting from FAT file systems. If set to '\fIy\fR' mkinitramfs will build an initramfs without the kernel module vfat and some nls_* modules. + +.TP +\fBDISABLE_FUSE\fR=[\fItrue\fR|\fIfalse\fR] +Disable support for booting from FUSE-based file systems. If set to '\fIy\fR' mkinitramfs will build an initramfs without the kernel module fuse and file systems that depend on it (like curlftpfs and httpfs2). + +.TP +\fBDISABLE_NTFS\fR=[\fItrue\fR|\fIfalse\fR] +Disable support for booting from NTFS file systems. If set to '\fIy\fR' mkinitramfs will build an initramfs without the kernel module ntfs. + +.TP +\fBDISABLE_USB\fR=[\fItrue\fR|\fIfalse\fR] +Disable support for booting from USB devices. If set to '\fIy\fR' mkinitramfs will build an initramfs without the kernel module sd_mod. + +.TP +\fBMINIMAL\fR=[\fItrue\fR|\fIfalse\fR] +Build a minimal initramfs. If set to '\fIy\fR' mkinitramfs will build an initramfs without some udev scripts and without rsync. + +.TP +\fBPERSISTENCE_FSCK\fR=[\fItrue\fR|\fIfalse\fR] +Run fsck on persistence filesystem on boot. Will attempt to repair errors. The execution log will be saved in /var/log/live/fsck.log. + +.TP +\fBFSCKFIX\fR=[\fItrue\fR|\fIfalse\fR] +If PERSISTENCE_FSCK or forcefsck are set, will pass -y to fsck to stop it from asking questions interactively and assume yes to all queries. .SH OPTIONS \fBlive\-boot\fR currently features the following parameters. @@ -68,8 +101,12 @@ Target # Wthreads or MaxConnections .IP "\fBfindiso\fR=\fI/PATH/TO/IMAGE\fI" 4 Look for the specified ISO file on all disks where it usually looks for the .squashfs file (so you don't have to know the device name as in fromiso=....). +.IP "\fBforcefsck\fR" 4 +Run fsck on persistence filesystem on boot. Will attempt to repair errors. The execution log will be saved in /var/log/live/fsck.log. .IP "\fBfromiso\fR=\fI/PATH/TO/IMAGE\fI" 4 -Use a filesystem from within an ISO image that's available on live-media. +Use a filesystem from within an ISO image that's available on live-media. The first part of the argument should be the block device where the image is stored, followed by the path and filename (e.g. fromiso=/dev/sda1/live/image.iso). +.br +Alternatively, it can be used to boot from an ISO embedded into an initrd (e.g. fromiso=/live/image.iso). .IP "\fBignore_uuid\fR" 4 Do not check that any UUID embedded in the initramfs matches the discovered medium. live\-boot may be told to generate a UUID by setting LIVE_GENERATE_UUID=1 when building the initramfs. .IP "\fBverify\-checksums\fR" 4