X-Git-Url: http://git.grml.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=manpages%2Flive-initramfs.en.7.txt;h=c43fa5eea46fb728159ad1a8f87257595abb2f2e;hb=be6b1ff8961f46a2bf51811bdd536c3d90239027;hp=687a93948d5b99e1e88919619aee90f0f3ff68d8;hpb=07a6defb896a8a8fc7cff58185f6af6b6535d70e;p=live-boot-grml.git diff --git a/manpages/live-initramfs.en.7.txt b/manpages/live-initramfs.en.7.txt index 687a939..c43fa5e 100644 --- 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 +114,11 @@ 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 +if you want to further restrict the media to usb mass storage only, you can use +the 'removable-usb' keyword. + {live-media-encryption|encryption}=**TYPE**:: live-initramfs will mount the encrypted rootfs TYPE, asking the passphrase, @@ -237,6 +250,11 @@ 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.