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| author | Karsten Merker <merker@debian.org> | 2012-09-16 17:53:05 +0000 |
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| committer | Karsten Merker <merker@debian.org> | 2012-09-16 17:53:05 +0000 |
| commit | 5679d525cf225e13dc7f3dc59f6c37d806f4601d (patch) | |
| tree | 734b5c5af3a9fc0969df76b321eb44458c741490 /en/boot-installer/parameters.xml | |
| parent | 13a7fc83f6e1d2428ed776fe4f4ae091d4de7564 (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-5679d525cf225e13dc7f3dc59f6c37d806f4601d.zip | |
Various small removals / updates / amendments in chapter 5
Diffstat (limited to 'en/boot-installer/parameters.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | en/boot-installer/parameters.xml | 26 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml b/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml index 3159aa840..f9214c232 100644 --- a/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml +++ b/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml @@ -25,25 +25,9 @@ section contains only a sketch of the most salient parameters. Some common gotchas are included below in <xref linkend="boot-troubleshooting"/>. -</para><para arch="linux-any"> - -When the kernel boots, a message - -<informalexample><screen> -Memory:<replaceable>avail</replaceable>k/<replaceable>total</replaceable>k available -</screen></informalexample> - -should be emitted early in the process. -<replaceable>total</replaceable> should match the total amount of RAM, -in kilobytes. If this doesn't match the actual amount of RAM you have -installed, you need to use the -<userinput>mem=<replaceable>ram</replaceable></userinput> parameter, -where <replaceable>ram</replaceable> is set to the amount of memory, -suffixed with <quote>k</quote> for kilobytes, or <quote>m</quote> for -megabytes. For example, both <userinput>mem=65536k</userinput> and -<userinput>mem=64m</userinput> mean 64MB of RAM. +</para> -</para><para arch="linux-any" condition="supports-serial-console"> +<para arch="linux-any" condition="supports-serial-console"> If you are booting with a serial console, generally the kernel will autodetect this. @@ -53,8 +37,8 @@ to pass the <userinput>console=<replaceable>device</replaceable></userinput> argument to the kernel, where <replaceable>device</replaceable> is your serial device, which is usually something like -<filename>ttyS0</filename><footnote> - +<filename>ttyS0</filename>. +<footnote> <para> In order to ensure the terminal type used by the installer matches your terminal emulator, the parameter @@ -65,7 +49,7 @@ Note that the installer only supports the following terminal types: serial console in &d-i; is <userinput>vt102</userinput>. </para> -</footnote>. +</footnote> </para><para arch="sparc"> |