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| author | Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> | 2006-10-28 17:33:35 +0000 |
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| committer | Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> | 2006-10-28 17:33:35 +0000 |
| commit | 0aa0489d416147a1c15ef129e265ef27c6eceb52 (patch) | |
| tree | 830e67da3d14f4c16e2a1f44a984b23bcd950a2d | |
| parent | feb84284b7373f2be8140634ffa4b6ce0d3621e5 (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-0aa0489d416147a1c15ef129e265ef27c6eceb52.zip | |
clarify meaning of "--" on boot command line
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/appendix/preseed.xml | 15 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 3813b04ba..3c026d6a1 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ installation-guide (2006xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low * Update the installation report template to match current one in installation-report. - -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 27 Oct 2006 19:39:14 -0400 + [ Philip Hands ] + * clarify how -- affects which parameters end up in the target system's + bootloader's comandline + + -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:26:10 +0100 installation-guide (20060726) unstable; urgency=low diff --git a/en/appendix/preseed.xml b/en/appendix/preseed.xml index 1dd94237c..1fa47dd17 100644 --- a/en/appendix/preseed.xml +++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml @@ -394,11 +394,16 @@ this appendix instead of the full variable. </para><para> -A <quote>--</quote> in the boot options has special meaning. -Kernel parameters that appear after it will be copied into the installed -bootloader configuration (if supported by the installer for the -bootloader). Note that the <quote>--</quote> may already be -present in the default boot parameters. +A <quote>--</quote> in the boot options has special meaning. Kernel +parameters that appear after the last <quote>--</quote> will be copied +into the installed bootloader configuration (if supported by the +installer for the bootloader). Note that the <quote>--</quote> may +already be present in the default boot parameters, which will mean +that unless you add another <quote>--</quote> all parameters specified +at the boot prompt will be copied. That being the case, you should +specify any preseeding options before any options required by the +hardware in order to boot, and separate them with a <quote>--</quote> +to ensure that only the latter are copied onto the target system. </para> <note><para> |