# Copyright 2002-2005 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL v2
-# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/src/catalyst/ChangeLog,v 1.319 2005/08/30 14:45:25 wolf31o2 Exp $
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/src/catalyst/ChangeLog,v 1.320 2005/08/30 14:49:36 wolf31o2 Exp $
+
+ 30 Aug 2005; Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@gentoo.org>
+ +livecd/files/x86-F2.msg, +livecd/files/x86-F3.msg,
+ +livecd/files/x86-F4.msg, +livecd/files/x86-F5.msg,
+ +livecd/files/x86-F6.msg, +livecd/files/x86-F7.msg:
+ Added F2->F7 help messages for isolinux.
30 Aug 2005; Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@gentoo.org>
livecd/files/README.txt, livecd/files/generic.motd.txt,
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+Gentoo Linux LiveCD boot options - [F1 to display available kernels]
+
+Please hit F1 to see the available kernels on this livecd. Please note that
+the -nofb counterparts to each kernel disable the framebuffer
+and splash images. Additionally, the memtest86 boot option is available
+to test local RAM for errors. To use memtest86, just type 'memtest86'.
+
+This lists the possible command line options that can be used to tweak the boot
+process of this CD. This lists the Gentoo-specific options, along with a few
+options that are built-in to the kernel, but that have been proven very useful
+to our users. Also, all options that start with "do" have a "no" inverse, that
+does the opposite. For example, "doscsi" enables SCSI support in the initial
+ramdisk boot, while "noscsi" disables it.
+
+To list the options, please press keys from F3 through F7.
+
+F3: Hardware (Page 1)
+F4: Hardware (Page 2)
+F5: Hardware (Page 3)
+F6: Volume Management
+F7: Misc.
+
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+Hardware options (Page 1):
+acpi=on This loads support for ACPI and also causes the acpid daemon to
+ be started by the CD on boot. This is only needed if your
+ system requires ACPI to function properly. This is not required
+ for Hyperthreading support.
+acpi=off Completely disables ACPI. This is useful on some older systems,
+ and is also a requirement for using APM. This will disable any
+ Hyperthreading support of your processor.
+console=X This sets up serial console access for the CD. The first
+ option is the device, usually ttyS0 on x86, followed by any
+ connection options, which are comma separated. The default
+ options are 9600,8,n,1.
+dmraid=X This allows for passing options to the device-mapper RAID
+ subsystem. Options should be encapsulated in quotes.
+doapm This loads APM driver support. This requires you to also use
+ acpi=off.
+dopcmcia This loads support for PCMCIA and Cardbus hardware and also
+ causes the pcmcia cardmgr to be started by the CD on boot.
+ This is only required when booting from a PCMCIA/Cardbus device.
+doscsi This loads support for most SCSI controllers. This is also a
+ requirement for booting most USB devices, as they use the SCSI
+ subsystem of the kernel.
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+Hardware options (Page 2):
+hda=stroke This allows you to partition the whole hard disk even when your
+ BIOS is unable to handle large disks. This option is only used
+ on machines with an older BIOS. Replace hda with the device
+ that is requiring this option.
+ide=nodma This forces the disabling of DMA in the kernel and is required
+ by some IDE chipsets and also by some CDROM drives. If your
+ system is having trouble reading from your IDE CDROM, try this
+ option. This also disables the default hdparm settings from
+ being executed.
+noapic This disables the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
+ that is present on newer motherboards. It has been known to
+ cause some problems on older hardware.
+nodetect This disables all of the autodetection done by the CD, including
+ device autodetection and DHCP probing. This is useful for doing
+ debugging of a failing CD or driver.
+nodhcp This disables DHCP probing on detected network cards. This is
+ useful on networks with only static addresses.
+nodmraid Disables support for device-mapper RAID, such as that used for
+ on-board IDE/SATA RAID controllers.
+nofirewire This disables the loading of Firewire modules. This should only
+ be necessary if your Firewire hardware is causing a problem with
+ booting the CD.
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+Hardware options (Page 3):
+nogpm This diables gpm console mouse support.
+nohotplug This disables the loading of the hotplug and coldplug init
+ scripts at boot. This is useful for doing debugging of a
+ failing CD or driver.
+nokeymap This disables the keymap selection used to select non-US
+ keyboard layouts.
+nolapic This disables the local APIC on Uniprocessor kernels.
+nosata This disables the loading of Serial ATA modules. This is useful
+ if your system is having problems with the SATA subsystem.
+nosmp This disables SMP, or Symmetric Multiprocessing, on SMP-enabled
+ kernels. This is useful for debugging SMP-related issues with
+ certain drivers and motherboards.
+nosound This disables sound support and volume setting. This is useful
+ for systems where sound support causes problems.
+nousb This disables the autoloading of USB modules. This is useful
+ for debugging USB issues.
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+Volume/Device Management:
+dodevfs This enables the deprecated device filesystem on 2.6 systems.
+ You will also need to use noudev for this to take effect.
+ Since devfs is the only option with a 2.4 kernel, this option
+ has no effect if booting a 2.4 kernel.
+doevms2 This enables support for IBM's pluggable EVMS, or Enterprise
+ Volume Management System. This is not safe to use with lvm2.
+dolvm2 This enables support for Linux's Logical Volume Management.
+ This is not safe to use with evms2.
+noudev This disables udev support on 2.6 kernels. This option requires
+ that dodevfs is used. Since udev is not an option for 2.4
+ kernels, this options has no effect if booting a 2.4 kernel.
+unionfs Enables support for Unionfs on supported CD images. This will
+ create a writable Unionfs overlay in a tmpfs, allowing you to
+ change any file on the CD.
+unionfs=X Enables support for Unionfs on supported CD images. This will
+ create a writable Unionfs overlay on the device you specify.
+ The device must be formatted with a filesystem recognized and
+ writable by the kernel.
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+Other options:
+debug Enables debugging code. This might get messy, as it displays
+ a lot of data to the screen.
+docache This caches the entire runtime portion of the CD into RAM, which
+ allows you to umount /mnt/cdrom and mount another CDROM. This
+ option requires that you have at least twice as much available
+ RAM as the size of the CD.
+doload=X This causes the initial ramdisk to load any module listed, as
+ well as dependencies. Replace X with the module name. Multiple
+ modules can be specified by a comma-separated list.
+noload=X This causes the initial ramdisk to skip the loading of a
+ specific module that may be causing a problem. Syntax matches
+ that of doload.
+nox This causes an X-enabled LiveCD to not automatically start X,
+ but rather, to drop to the command line instead.
+scandelay This causes the CD to pause for 10 seconds during certain
+ portions the boot process to allow for devices that are slow to
+ initialize to be ready for use.
+scandelay=X This allows you to specify a given delay, in seconds, to be
+ added to certain portions of the boot process to allow for
+ devices that are slow to initialize to be ready for use.
+ Replace X with the number of seconds to pause.
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