Re: Grub vs LILO
Brian May wrote:
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> >>>>> "Romain" == Romain Lerallut <lerallut@eleves.enpc.fr> writes:
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> Romain> I use grub, including scsi emulation for my CDR burner,
> Romain> and I had no problem installing, none at all :-)
>
> Romain> However I'd like to know how to pass arguments to the
> Romain> kernel when I boot: For instance, how do I start in
> Romain> single-user mode ? Do I have to predefine such things in
> Romain> menu.lst, or is there another way ? One that would not
> Romain> clutter the nice menu.
>
> In my grub I have:
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> kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.18 root=/dev/hda1 video=0x319
>
But you can't modify those options before you actually log in, can you ?
I seem to remember that lilo allowed you to specify new options by using
the command line when booting.
What I mean is "interact at boot time":
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/LILO-2.html#ss2.3
not just choosing from a pre-defined set of operating modes of a given
kernel.
Romain
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