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Michael Kerrisk 2008-01-30 09:43:13 +00:00
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@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ complicated situations, assuming the setup function supports it.)
Most of the sorting goes on in linux/init/main.c.
First, the kernel
checks to see if the argument is any of the special arguments 'root=',
'nfsroot=', 'nfsaddrs=', 'ro', 'rw', 'debug' or 'init'.
\&'nfsroot=', 'nfsaddrs=', 'ro', 'rw', 'debug' or 'init'.
The meaning of these special arguments is described below.
Then it walks a list of setup functions (contained in the bootsetups
@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ This boot address is used in case of a net boot.
This sets the nfs root name to the given string.
If this string
does not begin with '/' or ',' or a digit, then it is prefixed by
'/tftpboot/'.
\&'/tftpboot/'.
This root name is used in case of a net boot.
.TP
.B "'no387'"
@ -180,10 +180,10 @@ use 'root=/dev/fd1'. (The root device can also be set using
The root device can be specified symbolically or numerically.
A symbolic specification has the form /dev/XXYN, where XX designates
the device type ('hd' for ST-506 compatible hard disk, with Y in
'a'-'d'; 'sd' for SCSI compatible disk, with Y in 'a'-'e';
'ad' for Atari ACSI disk, with Y in 'a'-'e',
'ez' for a Syquest EZ135 parallel port removable drive, with Y='a',
'xd' for XT compatible disk, with Y either 'a' or 'b'; 'fd' for
\&'a'-'d'; 'sd' for SCSI compatible disk, with Y in 'a'-'e';
\&'ad' for Atari ACSI disk, with Y in 'a'-'e',
\&'ez' for a Syquest EZ135 parallel port removable drive, with Y='a',
\&'xd' for XT compatible disk, with Y either 'a' or 'b'; 'fd' for
floppy disk, with Y the floppy drive number \(em fd0 would be
the DOS 'A:' drive, and fd1 would be 'B:'), Y the driver letter or
number, and N the number (in decimal) of the partition on this device
@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ itself.
The most common example is one of the new SCSI CD-ROMs that
handle more than one disk at a time.
Each CD is addressed as a
'Logical Unit Number' (LUN) of that particular device.
\&'Logical Unit Number' (LUN) of that particular device.
But most
devices, such as hard disks, tape drives and such are only one device,
and will be assigned to LUN zero.
@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ Therefore, if the compile time flag
is not set, newer kernels will by default only probe LUN zero.
To specify the number of probed LUNs at boot, one enters
'max_scsi_luns=n' as a boot arg, where n is a number between one and
\&'max_scsi_luns=n' as a boot arg, where n is a number between one and
eight.
To avoid problems as described above, one would use n=1 to
avoid upsetting such broken devices.
@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ The syntax for this type of card is:
sbpcd=iobase,type
.IP
where type is one of the following (case sensitive) strings:
'SoundBlaster', 'LaserMate', or 'SPEA'.
\&'SoundBlaster', 'LaserMate', or 'SPEA'.
The I/O base is that of the
CD-ROM interface, and not that of the sound portion of the card.
.SS "Ethernet Devices"
@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ d \- DMA channel.
As you can see it gets pretty messy, and you are better off to compile
in your own personal values as recommended.
Using a boot arg of
'sound=0' will disable the sound driver entirely.
\&'sound=0' will disable the sound driver entirely.
.SS "ISDN Drivers"
.TP
.B "The ICN ISDN driver"