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:
display shell code being executed in initramfs.
grml debug=noscreen Get shells during process of booting, verbose, but without using GNU screen
grml nocolor Disable colorized output while booting
+ Also set SYSTEMD_COLORS=0 to disable colors in systemd output
grml log Log error messages while booting to /tmp/grml.log.`date +%Y%m%d`"
and /var/log/boot
grml testcd Check CD data integrity and md5sums
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://http.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://http.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