Re: Debian Installer Jessie RC 1 release
On Mon, 2015-01-26 at 10:08 +0000, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> Cyril Brulebois dixit:
>
> > * Due to a change on the linux kernel side, the "---" separator is
> > now used instead of the historical "--" one to separate kernel
> > parameters from userland parameters. This makes it possible for
> > user-params to do its job, and copy e.g. console="..." settings
> > where they're expected in the installed system.
>
> Where can I find out what -- and --- on the kernel command line
> used to do and do now? Within the circles of people I know, there
> has been some confusion about -- recently.
Anything after the "--" or "---" on the kernel command line used when
you launch the installer will be propagated into the final installed
systems bootloader config, as well as affecting the installer itself.
So e.g. you would likely want to put d-i specific options, such as
preseeding directives etc, before the "---" and things like console=
after it (assuming you want to use the same console on the installed
system as you install from of course).
The upstream kernel change was to stop parsing the command line at "--",
which broke the behaviour of affecting the installer as well as the
installed system, since it would only affect the installed system.
Ian.
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