<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>The Linux BootPrompt-HowTo</TITLE> <LINK HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-1.html" REL=next> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents <HR> <H1>The Linux BootPrompt-HowTo</H1> <H2>by Paul Gortmaker. </H2>v1.4, Mar 21, 2003 <P><HR> <EM> This is the BootPrompt-Howto, which is a compilation of all the possible boot time arguments that can be passed to the Linux kernel at boot time. A discussion of how the kernel sorts boot time arguments, along with an overview of some of the popular software used to boot Linux kernels is also included.</EM> <HR> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc1">1.</A> <A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-1.html">Introduction</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.1">1.1 Intended Audience and Applicability</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.2">1.2 Related Documentation</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.3">1.3 New Versions of this Document</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-2.html">Overview of Boot Prompt Arguments</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.1">2.1 LILO (LInux LOader)</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.2">2.2 LoadLin</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.3">2.3 The ``rdev'' utility</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.4">2.4 How the Kernel Sorts the Arguments</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.5">2.5 Setting Environment Variables.</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.6">2.6 Passing Arguments to the `init' program</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-3.html">General Non-Device Specific Boot Args</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1">3.1 Root Filesystem options</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.2">3.2 Options Relating to RAM Disk Management</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.3">3.3 Boot Arguments Related to Memory Handling</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.4">3.4 Other Misc. Kernel Boot Arguments</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-4.html">Boot Arguments to Control PCI Bus Behaviour (`pci=')</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.1">4.1 The `pci=assign-busses' Argument</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.2">4.2 The `pci=bios' and `pci=nobios' Arguments</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.3">4.3 The `pci=conf1' and `pci=conf2' Arguments</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.4">4.4 The `pci=irqmask=' Argument</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.5">4.5 The `pci=lastbus=' Argument</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.6">4.6 The `pci=noacpi' Argument</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.7">4.7 The `pci=nopeer' Argument</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.8">4.8 The `pci=nosort' Argument</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.9">4.9 The `pci=off' Argument</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.10">4.10 The `pci=usepirqmask' Argument</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.11">4.11 The `pci=rom' Argument</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-5.html">Boot Arguments for Video Frame Buffer Drivers</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.1">5.1 The `video=map:...' Argument</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.2">5.2 The `video=scrollback:...' Argument</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.3">5.3 The `video=vc:...' Argument</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc6">6.</A> <A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-6.html">Boot Arguments for SCSI Peripherals.</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.1">6.1 Arguments for Upper and Mid-level Drivers</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.2">6.2 Arguments for SCSI Host Adapter Drivers</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc7">7.</A> <A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-7.html">Hard Disks</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-7.html#ss7.1">7.1 IDE Disk/CD-ROM Driver Parameters</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-7.html#ss7.2">7.2 Old MFM/RLL/Standard ST-506 Disk Driver Options (`hd=')</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-7.html#ss7.3">7.3 XT Disk Driver Options (`xd=', `xd_geo=')</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc8">8.</A> <A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-8.html">The Sound Drivers </A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.1">8.1 Individual Sound Device Driver Arguments</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc9">9.</A> <A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-9.html">CD-ROMs (Non-SCSI/ATAPI/IDE)</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-9.html#ss9.1">9.1 Old CD-ROM Driver Arguments</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc10">10.</A> <A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-10.html">Serial and ISDN Drivers</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-10.html#ss10.1">10.1 The ISDN drivers</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-10.html#ss10.2">10.2 The Serial drivers</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc11">11.</A> <A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-11.html">Other Hardware Devices</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-11.html#ss11.1">11.1 Ethernet Devices (`ether=', `netdev=')</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-11.html#ss11.2">11.2 The Floppy Disk Driver (`floppy=')</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-11.html#ss11.3">11.3 The Bus Mouse Driver (`bmouse=')</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-11.html#ss11.4">11.4 The MS Bus Mouse Driver (`msmouse=')</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-11.html#ss11.5">11.5 The Printer Driver (`lp=')</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-11.html#ss11.6">11.6 The Parallel port IP driver (`plip=')</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc12">12.</A> <A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-12.html">Copying, Translations, Closing, etc.</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-12.html#ss12.1">12.1 Copyright and Disclaimer</A> <LI><A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-12.html#ss12.2">12.2 Closing</A> </UL> <HR> <A HREF="BootPrompt-HOWTO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents </BODY> </HTML>