Re: [debian-knoppix] syslinux not passing command line parameters to kernel?
On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 12:34:49PM +0200, Conrad Newton wrote:
> >From Marc Haber on Friday, 2004-09-17 at 07:51:24 +0200:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am using a modified 3.3 CD. The kernel has been changed to 2.4.27,
> > and I upgraded to a "clean" Debian sid. Build system is Debian sid as
> > well.
> >
> > Starting some weeks ago, Parameters given on the command line do not
> > seem to be passed any more to the running kernel. So, when I say
> > "knoppix toram", the kernel doesn't know about the toram any more.
> > This has been working fine on my modified system in the past, and I am
> > not aware of any changes that might have caused this.
> >
> > Does anybody here know about changes to syslinux that might cause this
> > behavior?
>
> I don't have the solution to your problem, but I noticed something
> similar when I upgraded a Knoppix 3.4 CD at the start of August.
> I passed "alsa" on the command line, but the sound no longer worked.
> I did not upgrade the kernel, nor did I spend enough time debugging
> to locate the problem.
Maybe the "problem" is just that you are confusing kernel options ("toram"
or "alsa" aren't) with options that are evaluated by
/etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig - which you have removed when you updated to a
"clean" Debian system?
Regards
-Klaus Knopper
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