From 7467e5a7f39ea4c69221041aa19cb79fa571dd39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frans Pop Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 20:20:24 +0000 Subject: Update of original English documents --- nl/boot-installer/parameters.xml | 124 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 109 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) (limited to 'nl/boot-installer/parameters.xml') diff --git a/nl/boot-installer/parameters.xml b/nl/boot-installer/parameters.xml index caf304e2b..8d9e43cd6 100644 --- a/nl/boot-installer/parameters.xml +++ b/nl/boot-installer/parameters.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - + Boot Parameters @@ -126,23 +126,16 @@ installer. The current possible parameter settings are: DEBIAN_FRONTEND=newt -DEBIAN_FRONTEND=slang - -DEBIAN_FRONTEND=ncurses - -DEBIAN_FRONTEND=bogl - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=gtk - -DEBIAN_FRONTEND=corba -The default front end is DEBIAN_FRONTEND=newt. +The default frontend is DEBIAN_FRONTEND=newt. DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text may be preferable for serial console installs. Generally only the newt frontend is available on default install -media, so this is not very useful right now. +media. On architectures which support it, the graphical installer uses +the gtk frontend. @@ -304,7 +297,7 @@ this misbehavior. Specify the url to a preconfiguration file to download and use in automating the install. See . -Short form: url +Short form: url. @@ -315,7 +308,7 @@ Short form: url Specify the path to a preconfiguration file to load to automating the install. See . -Short form: file +Short form: file. @@ -362,7 +355,17 @@ If you are using a 2.2.x kernel, you may need to set &ramdisksize;. - + +mouse/left + + +For the gtk frontend (graphical installer), users can switch the mouse to +left-handed operation by setting this parameter to true. + + + + + directfb/hw-accel @@ -384,6 +387,97 @@ performing a normal installation. See . + + + Using boot parameters to answer questions + + +With some exceptions, a value can be set at the boot prompt for any question +asked during the installation, though this is only really useful in specific +cases. General instructions how to do this can be found in +. Some specific examples are listed below. + + + + + + +debian-installer/locale + + +Can be used to set both the language and country for the installation. +This will only work if the locale is supported in Debian. +Short form: locale. +For example, use locale=de_CH to select German as +language and Switserland as country. + + + + + +netcfg/disable_dhcp + + +Set to true if you want to disable DHCP and instead +force static network configuration. + + + + + +tasksel:tasksel/first + + +Can be used to select tasks that are not available from the interactive task +list, such as the kde-desktop task. +See for additional information. +Short form: tasks. + + + + + + + + + Passing parameters to kernel modules + + +If drivers are compiled into the kernel, you can pass parameters to them +as described in the kernel documentation. However, if drivers are compiled +as modules and because kernel modules are loaded a bit differently during +an installation than when booting an installed system, it is not possible +to pass parameters to modules as you would normally do. Instead, you need +to use a special syntax recognized by the installer which will then make +sure that the parameters are saved in the proper configuration files and +will thus be used when the modules are actually loaded. The parameters +will also be propagated automatically to the configuration for the installed +system. + + + +Note that it is now quite rare that parameters need to be passed to modules. +In most cases the kernel will be able to probe the hardware present in a +system and set good defaults that way. However, in some situations it may +still be needed to set parameters manually. + + + +The syntax to use to set parameters for modules is: + + +module_name.parameter_name=value + + +If you need to pass multiple parameters to the same or different modules, +just repeat this. For example, to set an old 3Com network interface card +to use the BNC (coax) connector and IRQ 10, you would pass: + + +3c509.xcvr=3 3c509.irq=10 + + + + - -- cgit v1.2.3