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| author | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2007-06-05 22:20:14 +0000 |
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| committer | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2007-06-05 22:20:14 +0000 |
| commit | 3e04afbb16c0f77e66cceaec841ab46dcde85b36 (patch) | |
| tree | 4fb4136ae26b97ed94b2a986091d75392b58f4be | |
| parent | 87736e8d64ecb8eaba2d3a225dc95dfd647b8893 (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-3e04afbb16c0f77e66cceaec841ab46dcde85b36.zip | |
* Document new boot parameter "lowmem".
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/boot-installer/parameters.xml | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/using-d-i/modules/lowmem.xml | 6 |
3 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index d38973265..1c1f2c4cf 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ installation-guide (2007xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low * Add translatable entities for Continue, Cancel and Go Back buttons. * Add build dependencies on texlive-lang-* packages for languages for which the manual has translations. + * Document new boot parameter "lowmem". [ Joey Hess ] * Document new lilo-installer/skip preseed. - -- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Mon, 4 Jun 2007 16:43:39 +0200 + -- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:18:49 +0200 installation-guide (20070319) unstable; urgency=low diff --git a/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml b/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml index 9025db66c..4d063c776 100644 --- a/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml +++ b/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml @@ -205,6 +205,17 @@ one device. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> +<varlistentry condition="lenny"> +<term>lowmem</term> +<listitem><para> + +Can be used to force the installer to a lowmem level higher than the one +the installer sets by default based on available memory. Possible values +are 1 and 2. See also <xref linkend="lowmem"/>. + +</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + <varlistentry> <term>debian-installer/framebuffer (fb)</term> <listitem><para> diff --git a/en/using-d-i/modules/lowmem.xml b/en/using-d-i/modules/lowmem.xml index 45af302b9..d24a4e15d 100644 --- a/en/using-d-i/modules/lowmem.xml +++ b/en/using-d-i/modules/lowmem.xml @@ -52,5 +52,11 @@ larger swap doesn't help, try creating the file system as ext2 (which is an essential component of the installer) instead. It is possible to change an ext2 partition to ext3 after the installation. +</para><para condition="lenny"> + +It is possible to force the installer to use a higher lowmem level than +the one based on available memory by using the boot parameter +<quote>lowmem</quote> as described in <xref linkend="installer-args"/>. + </para> </sect3> |