floppy Boot from floppydisk
hd / hd1 / hd2 / hd3 Boot from (local) primary / secondary /... harddisk
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)
Further documentation regarding the boot process can be found at:
* http://git.grml.org/?p=live-initramfs-grml.git;a=blob_plain;f=manpages/live-initramfs.en.7.txt;hb=HEAD
* https://manpages.debian.org/live-boot-doc/live-boot.7.en.html
-* https://manpages.debian.org/initramfs-tools-core/initramfs-tools.8.en.html
+* https://manpages.debian.org/initramfs-tools-core/initramfs-tools.7.en.html
* https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.html
The following boot options can be combined.
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grml lang=at|de|cn|da|es|fr|it Specify language ($LANG, $LC_ALL, $LANGUAGE - utf8) + keyboard
grml lang=nl|pl|ru|sk|tr|tw|us Specify language ($LANG, $LC_ALL, $LANGUAGE - utf8) + keyboard
-grml lang=$LANG-iso Activate $LANG (use like in lines above) with iso-mode instead of utf8
grml utc Hardware Clock is set to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
grml localtime Hardware Clock is set to local time (LOCAL), this is the default
grml tz=Europe/Vienna Use specified timezone for TZ, defaults to TZ=UTC
-grml keyboard=us xkeyboard=us Use different keyboard layout (text-console/X)
+grml keyboard=us Use different keyboard layout
Configuration settings:
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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 /lib/live/mount/medium/live /media/sda1/'
+ running 'rsync -a --progress /run/live/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
- Useful when booting as a rescue system from harddisk - just boot
- the according grml kernel and initrd using the bootoptions
- "boot=live isofrom=/dev/sda1/grml.iso"
+grml isofrom=[fs:][/device]/grml.iso Use specified ISO image for booting.
+ Useful when booting as a rescue system from a different device.
+ If you want to load the image from a device different from the root device
+ specified through the bootloader, prefix its device path to the path, like
+ in "/dev/sda1/grml.iso".
+ Internally, the initrd will mount the given device, automatically detecting
+ the file system.
+ If needed, prefix the file system separated with a colon character to
+ override the automatic detection, like in "reiserfs:/dev/sda1/grml.iso".
+ As an example, boot the according grml kernel and initrd using the
+ bootoptions "boot=live isofrom=btrfs:/dev/vda40/path/to/grml.iso"
Notice: "fromiso" does the same as "isofrom", it's just there
to prevent any typing errors
grml findiso=/grml_2010.12.iso Look for the specified ISO file on all disks where it usually
grml welcome Welcome message via soundoutput
grml noeject Do NOT eject CD after halt/reboot
grml noprompt Do NOT prompt to remove the CD when halting/rebooting the system
-grml distcc=$NETWORK,$INTERFACE Activate distcc-daemon to listen on specified network
- and interface, usage example:
- distcc=192.168.0.1/24,eth0
-grml gcc=3.4 gpp=3.4 Link /usr/bin/gcc, /usr/bin/cpp and /usr/bin/c++ to specified version
grml startx{=windowmanager} Start X window system automatically
Default window manager (if not provided): wm-ng (wrapper around fluxbox)
grml nostartx If using startx as default bootoption the nostartx *disables* automatic
initiated from the VNC server instead of the VNC client. Has to be
combined with the vnc bootoption.
[Note: Grml 2011.12+ doesn't include a VNC client.]
+grml getfile.retries=$NUM Retry the download of the files specified in the netconfig=... +
+ netscript=... options up to $NUM times
+
Accessibility related settings:
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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 no{acpi,agp,cpu,dhcp} Skip parts of HW-detection (1)
-grml no{dma,fstab,modem} Skip parts of HW-detection (2)
-grml no{pcmcia,scsi,swap,usb} Skip parts of HW-detection (3)
+grml no{acpi,cpu,dhcp,fstab,swap} Skip parts of HW-detection
grml blacklist=modulename[,module2] Completely disable loading of specified module(s) via
blacklisting through udev's /etc/modprobe.d/grml
-grml fwtimeout=50 Set firmware timeout via /sys/class/firmware/timeout to specified value
grml nosound Mute sound devices (notice: this does not deactivate loading of sound drivers!)
grml vol=number Set mixer volumes to level $number
grml micvol=number Set mixer volume of microphone to level $number (default: 0)
-grml pnpbios=off No PnP Bios initialization
grml acpi=off Disable ACPI Bios completely
-grml nofirewire Disable initialization of firewire devices in booting sequence
grml pci=irqmask=0x0e98 Try this, if PS/2 mouse doesn't work *)
grml pci=bios Workaround for bad PCI controllers
-grml ide2=0x180 nopcmcia Boot from PCMCIA-CD-ROM (some notebooks)
-grml mem=128M Specify Memory size in MByte
grml libata.force=[ID:]VAL Force configurations for libata.
Usage example: grml libata.force=1:pio4
to force pio4 mode on device "ata1:00:"
grml noagp noapic acpi=off nodma
to skip some critical parts of the autodetection system.
-*) Some boards (especially those with E-ISA slots) apparently don't pass
-the proper memory size to the linux-kernel. It may cause the message
-"Panic: cannot mount root file system" and the system hangs. Use "grml
-mem=128M" to solve that problem if your system has 128MByte memory for
-example (caution: you MUST use a capital "M" here).
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*) The "myconfig=/dev/partition" option allows you to reconfigure the
system after autoconfiguration by running a bourne shell script called
"grml.sh" and/or extracting configuration files from a file named
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