Behavior up to grml 2009.05 --------------------------- This section applies to all Grml versions older than and including release 2009.05. Autoconfiguration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By default the booting process tries to mount a device labeled 'GRMLCFG'. This provides the possibility to restore a configuration (named config.tbz) and execute a script (named grml.sh) without the need to specify any bootparams. If you want to disable this feature please take a look at the 'noautoconfig' bootparam. Boot parameters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As you probably know you can adjust boot parameters on the bootprompt. You want to set some boot parameters permanently? That's possible via adding a directory named 'bootparams' to the Grml-ISO which has to be located at the root-directory /bootparams/ (note: the directory is known as /live/image/bootparams/ on a _running_ grml system then). Place a textfile inside the directory containing the boot parameters which should be appended to default ones (this corresponds to booting without any special parameters). If you want to be able to boot from your Grml-CD you have to create a multisession CD. See the <> for more details how to use it or consider booting from a USB device (checkout grml2usb). The following boot parameters are supported. Use them at the (isolinux) bootprompt as documented here. myconfig:: This parameter is for restoring configuration using the file config.tbz on the specified device. Usage examples: myconfig=/dev/sda1 => use file config.tbz from usb-device myconfig=/dev/fd0 => use file config.tbz from floppy-disk myconfig=/dev/sda1 file=config_foobar.tbz => use file config_foobar.tbz from usb-device home:: This parameter is for setting a specific partition as home directory. Usage examples: home=/dev/sda3 => use /dev/sda3 as the homepartition home=scan => scan through the available partitions and search for file grml.img partconf:: This parameter mounts the specified device in read-only mode and tries to copy all files specified in /etc/grml/partconf to the Grml system. This provides the possibility to use the configuration of a harddisk installation. For example using the network configuration (which is specified in /etc/network) is possible using this boot parameter. Usage example: partconf=/dev/sda2 => try to mount /dev/sda2 and copy files specified in /etc/grml/partconf to the booted Grml system netconfig:: Use this parameter to restore configuration using wget to download a configuration file from specified destination. Usage example: netconfig=server.tld/path/to/config.tbz => restore configuration using wget to download file config.tbz extract:: Extract specific directories from configuration archive. Notice: This bootparam is useful only with bootparams which are able to extract configuration archives. extract=/home/grml => extract only /home/grml from archive extract=/etc => extract only /etc from archive extract=/home/grml/config => extract only $HOME/config from archive scripts:: This parameter executes a script located in the root-directory /scripts/ on the Grml media/ISO (note: the directory is known as /live/image/scripts/ on a _running_ Grml system then). Usage examples: scripts => run script [/live/image]/scripts/grml.sh scripts=foobar.sh => run script foobar.sh in [/live/image]/scripts/ config:: This parameter restores a configuration using root-directory /config/ on the Grml media/ISO (note: the directory is known as /live/image/config on a _running_ Grml system then). Usage examples: config => restore configuration using file config.tbz from directory [/live/image]/config/ config=config_foobar.tbz => restore configuration using file config_foobar.tbz from directory [/live/image]/config/ debs:: This parameter allows automatic installation of deb packages while booting. The debian packages have to be located in the root-directory /debs/ on the Grml media/ISO (note: the directory is known as /live/image/debs/ on a _running_ Grml system then). Usage examples: debs => install all debian packages (suffix .deb) from directory [/live/image]/debs/ debs=01 => install all debian packages (suffix .deb) starting with 01 in the filename from directory [/live/image]/debs/ noautoconfig:: Deactivate automounting. By default the command 'mount' tries to mount a device with label 'GRMLCFG'. If you specify the noautoconfig bootparam the automounting will be deactivated. noautoconfig => disables auto mounting of label 'GRMLCFG'