Line boot command

Rob Flickenger rob at oreillynet.com
Thu Apr 19 12:04:51 PDT 2001



On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Loraditch, Greg wrote:

> I am trying to recall what the command is to boot up at 'boot:' by using
> 'vmlinuz'??

If you're at the LILO boot: prompt, just hit tab.  It will list all
available images.

Some useful switches to use after the image name:

single
root=/dev/[whatever]
init=/bin/bash (for skipping that pesky "Enter Root Password" prompt!)

Try 'man bootparam' for more.

Enjoy!

--Rob





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