Philip Hands wrote: > I just added a couple of sentences in SVN to make it clear that one can use > an extra "--" > > Here's the new paragraph: > > A <quote>--</quote> in the boot options has special meaning. Kernel > parameters that appear after the last <quote>--</quote> will be copied > into the installed bootloader configuration (if supported by the > installer for the bootloader). Note that the <quote>--</quote> may > already be present in the default boot parameters, which will mean > that unless you add another <quote>--</quote> all parameters specified > at the boot prompt will be copied. That being the case, you should > specify any preseeding options before any options required by the > hardware in order to boot, and separate them with a <quote>--</quote> > to ensure that only the latter are copied onto the target system. user-params already skips over debconf variable setting, so this only affects preseed aliases, and was an unintended consequence of adding preseed aliases. I don't feel that adding complex documentation about "--" is the right approach. user-params can just parse preseed_aliases and skip things listed therein. I've committed a patch to do that. -- see shy jo
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