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author | Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> | 2009-03-30 16:53:10 +0000 |
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committer | Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> | 2009-03-30 16:53:10 +0000 |
commit | 6395ac2c81e8526d8e84ca5e22d670bdc911db29 (patch) | |
tree | d20c4668255b5be99c02a752a45ec4ba02087442 | |
parent | 5075deeaa4ab7ce03edaf69714458785364eea41 (diff) | |
download | installation-guide-6395ac2c81e8526d8e84ca5e22d670bdc911db29.zip |
Apparently you can pass extra boot parameters to OpenBoot at the end of
the 'boot' command. Document this as it has been known to cause some
confusion.
-rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | en/boot-installer/sparc.xml | 3 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 200d0930f..ac617a3a2 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ installation-guide (2008xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low * Clarify behaviour of "auto" preseed alias. * Clarify that preseeding aliases are only aliases for question names, and that a value is always needed as well. + * Apparently you can pass extra boot parameters to OpenBoot at the end of + the 'boot' command. Document this as it has been known to cause some + confusion. [ Frans Pop ] * Document preseeding of network-console now that its postinst can be diff --git a/en/boot-installer/sparc.xml b/en/boot-installer/sparc.xml index a0f0fd508..e807d71ed 100644 --- a/en/boot-installer/sparc.xml +++ b/en/boot-installer/sparc.xml @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ machine which is being installed (see Use the command <userinput>boot net</userinput> to boot from a TFTP and RARP server, or try <userinput>boot net:bootp</userinput> or <userinput>boot net:dhcp</userinput> to boot from a TFTP and BOOTP -or DHCP server. +or DHCP server. You can pass extra boot parameters to &d-i; at the end +of the <userinput>boot</userinput> command. </para> </sect2> |