nofb Disable framebuffer
floppy Boot from floppydisk
hd / hd1 / hd2 / hd3 Boot from (local) primary / secondary /... harddisk
-failsafe Boot with (almost) no HW-detection
debug Get shells during process of booting for debugging
bootchart Create chart of booting sequence in /var/log/bootchart.tgz
forensic Do not touch any harddisks during hardware recognition
serial Activate ttyS0 and start a getty
grub Boot Grub bootloader (special all-in-one-image)
dos Boot FreeDOS
-bsd Boot MirOS BSD
hdt Boot Hardware Detection Tool (from syslinux project)
Further documentation regarding the boot process can be found at:
instead of the default one (config.tbz)
grml extract=/etc Extract only /etc from configuration archive,
use it in combination with myconfig or netconfig
-grml persistent=nofiles Enable persistency feature, more details available at
+grml persistence Enable persistency feature, more details available at
http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=persistency
- Notice that the "=nofiles" argument is optional, though recommended
- as default setting.
grml hostname=... Set hostname to given argument
grml hostname Set a random hostname
[Note: only available with releases newer than 2010.04]
-grml nodhcphostname Do not to set the hostname according to the dns information
grml nonetworking Do not create/overwrite /etc/network/interface during startup
grml distri=... Set distribution name to given argument. If a jpg file named like the
given distri name can be found in directory desktop on the ISO
grml debs=path-name-wildcard Install Debian packages from DCS directory (see myconfig=,
typically the root of your ISO image). If path does not contain a
"/" the package(s) will be installed from directory "debs" of the
- DCS directory instead. The "path-name-wildcard" can contain
- wildcards (e.g. debs=rat* will install a packages starting with "rat"
- from directory debs/).
+ DCS directory instead. The "path-name-wildcard" can contain
+ wildcards (e.g. debs=rat* will install a packages starting with "rat"
+ from directory debs/).
grml scripts=path-name Execute script (defaulting to grml.sh) inside DCS dir. Path names
allowed. If path-name points to a directory, all scripts found in
the directory are executed.
grml config=path-name Unpack archive that path-name points to
grml noautoconfig Disable searching for device labeled GRMLCFG
+grml nobeep Disable welcome chime, sounded before grml-quickconfig starts.
Notice: Take a look at http://grml.org/config/ and 'man 1 grml-autoconfig'
for more information regarding the configuration framework of Grml.
use via "grml bootfrom=/dev/sda1"
grml bootfrom=/dev/sda1 Use the squashfs file from directory 'live' of the specified device
Setup can be done booting 'grml tohd=/dev/sda1' or
- running 'rsync -a --progress /live/image/live /mnt/sda1/'
+ running 'rsync -a --progress /lib/live/mount/medium/live /media/sda1/'
grml bootfrom=removable Restrict search for the live media to removable type only.
grml bootfrom=removable-usb Restrict search for the live media to usb mass storage only.
grml isofrom=/dev/sda1/grml.iso Use specified ISO image for booting
as in isofrom=....).
grml fetch=$IP/filename.squashfs Download a squashfs image from a given url, copying to ram and booting it.
[Note: releases before 2011.05 didn't support DNS but IP only.]
-grml live-media-path=live Sets the path to the live filesystem on the medium
- By default, it is set to /live
+grml live-media-path=/live/grml... Sets the path to the live filesystem on the medium
+ By default, it is set to /live/$GRML_FLAVOUR/ (where $GRML_FLAVOUR
+ is corresponding to grml64-full, grml32-full, grml64-small,...
+ [Note: this option is mandatory since release 2011.12]
+grml nostats Don't send any information to the Grml project at startup.
+ Parameters sent are Grml version, if the cpu supports 64bit,
+ anonymized boot parameters and boot source (remote or local).
+ [Note: only available since release 2011.12]
grml module=grml Instead of using the default "$name.module" another file can
be specified without the extension ".module"; it should be placed
on "/live" directory of the live medium
and /var/log/boot
grml testcd Check CD data integrity and md5sums
+Security / login related settings:
+----------------------------------
+
+grml ssh=password Set password for root & grml user and start ssh-server
+grml passwd=... Set password for root & grml user
+grml encpasswd=.... Set specified hash as password for root & grml user, use e.g.
+ 'mkpasswd -H md5' to generate such a hash (available in Grml >=2013.09)
+
Service related settings:
-------------------------
-grml ssh=password Set password for user grml and start ssh-server
grml startup=script Start $script instead of grml-quickconfig on startup
grml nosyslog Do not start syslog daemon
grml nogpm Disable GPM daemon
grml noconsolefont Disable setting of console font (using consolechars)
grml noblank Disable console blanking
grml noquick Disable grml-quickconfig startup script
-grml small Do not start that many consoles
grml wondershaper=eth0,1000,500 Set up basic traffic shaping
grml services={postfix,mysql,...} Start service(s) which have an init-script (/etc/init.d/)
grml welcome Welcome message via soundoutput
startup of X again. (This bootoption is relevant for grml based derivatives
which decide to enable startx by default only, plain grml does not use
automatic startup of X by default.)
+grml vnc=password Start VNC server with startup of X.org and sets the password to the specified
+ one. To automatically start the VNC server use the startx bootoption.
+ [Note: Grml 2011.12+ doesn't include a VNC server.]
+grml vnc_connect=host[:port] Connect to a listening VNC client ("vncviewer -listen" reverse connection).
+ Can be used to connect from devices behind firewalls as connection is
+ initiated from the VNC server instead of the VNC client. Has to be
+ combined with the vnc bootoption.
+ [Note: Grml 2011.12+ doesn't include a VNC client.]
+
+Accessibility related settings:
+-------------------------------
+grml brltty=type,port,table Parameters for Braille device (e.g.: brltty=al,/dev/ttyS0,text.de.tbl)
+ See http://mielke.cc/brltty/guidelines.html for documentation.
Hardware related settings:
--------------------------
grml dmraid=off Actively try to stop any present dmraid devices.
grml nolvm Disable scanning for Logical Volumes (LVM)
grml lvm Automatically activate Logival Volumes (LVM) during boot
-grml readonly Make sure all harddisk devices (/dev/hd* /dev/sd*) are forced to read-only mode
+grml read-only Make sure all harddisk devices (/dev/hd* /dev/sd*) are forced to read-only mode
grml ethdevice=... Use specified network device for network boot instead of default (eth0)
+grml ethdevice-timeout=... Use specified network configuration timeout instead of default (15sec)
grml xmodule=ati|fbdev|i810|mga Use specified X.org-Module (1)
grml xmodule=nv|radeon|savage|s3 Use specified X.org-Module (2)
grml xmodule=radeon|svga|i810 Use specified X.org-Module (3)
grml radeon.modeset=0 nomodeset Disable Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) for Radeon driver.
grml i915.modeset=0 nomodeset Disable Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) for Intel driver.
grml nouveau.modeset=0 nomodeset Disable Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) for Nouveau driver.
+grml cirrus.modeset=0 nomodeset Disable Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) for Cirrus driver.
Installation related settings:
------------------------------
target= target partition/directory of the new Debian system, e.g.: target=/dev/sda1
grub= where to install grub to, e.g.: grub=/dev/sda
release= specify release of new Debian system (default is stable), e.g.: release=sid
- mirror= specify mirror for apt-get/aptitude, e,g.: mirror=http://cdn.debian.net/debian
+ mirror= specify mirror for apt-get/aptitude, e,g.: mirror=http://ftp.debian.org/debian
password= set passwort of user root without prompting for it, e.g.: password=AiTh5ahn
Usage example for automatic installation:
- debian2hd target=/dev/sda1 grub=/dev/sda mirror=http://cdn.debian.net/debian password=foobar
+ debian2hd target=/dev/sda1 grub=/dev/sda mirror=http://ftp.debian.org/debian password=foobar
See http://grml.org/grml-debootstrap/ for more information.
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