On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 14:31, robin-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Chris Kloiber wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 06:23, robin-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Someone asked on the list recently about installing to alternative > >> filesystems. The way to do this was to pass the name of the file > >> system as a parameter when booting, e.g. "linux XFS" or whatever. > >> > >> This has led me to wonder what other boot options are available. Is > >> there a definitive list somewhere that explains what options are > >> available and what they all do? > >> > >> Thanks, > > > > Anaconda is open-source. "Use the code, Luke..." > > Chris, > > Is it Anaconda that provides these options, or is it the kernel? > > I suppose your suggestion holds good for both :o) > > R. Any option on the kernel boot line that is not understood by the kernel is parsed by anaconda. So items like 'pci=noacpi' are handled by the kernel, and items like 'noprobe' or 'reiserfs' are handled by anaconda. -- Chris Kloiber
