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| author | hpa <hpa> | 2001-03-28 21:25:07 +0000 |
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| committer | hpa <hpa> | 2001-03-28 21:25:07 +0000 |
| commit | 19edf5c5bcf2e031f604c89e4d48b72b7bad4f37 (patch) | |
| tree | 6398c12351f232337f2ed7a9a9bdf3b7c97e548d /syslinux.doc | |
| parent | 0f6347df2e9243ab294fcbfbf9b44f016ecfd2a6 (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-19edf5c5bcf2e031f604c89e4d48b72b7bad4f37.tar.gz | |
Get rid of the automatic appending of "auto".syslinux-1.54-pre3
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/syslinux.doc b/syslinux.doc index c76bceca..a886f082 100644 --- a/syslinux.doc +++ b/syslinux.doc @@ -98,12 +98,16 @@ PXELINUX. DEFAULT kernel options... Sets the default command line. If SYSLINUX boots automatically, it will act just as if the entries after DEFAULT had been typed - in at the "boot:" prompt, except that the option "auto" is - automatically added, indicating an automatic boot. + in at the "boot:" prompt. If no configuration file is present, or no DEFAULT entry is - present in the config file, the default is kernel name "linux", - with no options. + present in the config file, the default is "linux auto". + + NOTE: Earlier versions of SYSLINUX used to automatically + append the string "auto" to whatever the user specified using + the DEFAULT command. As of version 1.54, this is no longer + true, as it caused problems when using a shell as a substitute + for "init." You may want to include this option manually. APPEND options... Add one or more options to the kernel command line. These are |