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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 /en/appendix | |
| parent | feb84284b7373f2be8140634ffa4b6ce0d3621e5 (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-0aa0489d416147a1c15ef129e265ef27c6eceb52.zip | |
clarify meaning of "--" on boot command line
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| -rw-r--r-- | en/appendix/preseed.xml | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
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> |