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
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 /media/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).
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
[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.
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.
+grml mgag200.modeset=0 nomodeset Disable Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) for MGAG200 driver.
Installation related settings:
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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.
directory live, containing the squashfs compressed filesystem file,
must be located in the top level directory of the CD.
-*) Caution: screensavers: Don't start vlock or any other screensaver
+*) Caution: screensavers: Don't start physlock or any other screensaver
that requires a password manually. There are no default passwords on
the live system - all accounts are LOCKED by default for security reasons.
Instead just invoke the script grml-lock which prompts for setting a
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