debian-installer/doc boot-parameters.txt,1.2,1.3
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--- boot-parameters.txt 17 Nov 2003 19:04:39 -0000 1.2
+++ boot-parameters.txt 8 Dec 2003 21:44:18 -0000 1.3
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
DEBCONF_PRIORITY
Control how many questions the installer asks. Default is high, use
- medium or low for more control, critical to make as far decisions
+ medium or low for more control, critical to make as few decisions
as possible.
DEBCONF_FRONTEND
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
Pick the frontend to use. Default is newt. Other frontends are not
available on default install media, so this is not very useful.
+DEBCONF_DEBUG
+
+ Control how much debugging output goes in the log. 5 for a lot, 0
+ for none.
+
BOOT_DEBUG
Use this if the installer is not booting up properly, to get a more
@@ -34,3 +39,16 @@
The boot floppy, which normally scans all floppys and USB storage
devices it can to find the root floppy, can be overridden by this
parameter to only look at the one device.
+
+In addition to the above, any debconf variable in debian-installer can have
+its default value overridden on the command line. For example:
+
+ boot: linux debconf/priority=low
+
+There is not a complete list of all available debconf variables, and some
+variables cannot be overridden at boot time. Here are some particularly
+useful ones that are known to work:
+
+debian-installer/framebuffer
+
+ Set to "false" if enabling the frame buffer console causes problems.
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