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+==  Tweaks for the boot commandline ==
+
+To boot with default values just press ENTER.
+
+=== Desktop Environment ===
+
+0|1|2|3|4|5|6|S|s|single => Select a runlevel to start with. 
+  The default is 4 for graphical login. 
+ 
+kbd=fr xkb=ch,fr => Example of custom X keyboard layout.
+ 
+livepw="somestring" => Change the password for user "live".
+
+locale=nl_NL kbd=nl tz=Europe/Amsterdam => Example of language, 
+  keyboard and/or timezone customization. 
+ 
+rootpw="somestring" => Change the password for user "root".
+
+=== Custom software ===
+
+load=nvidia => Load and configure Nvidia drivers if available 
+  in the ISO. 
+ 
+load=mod1[,mod2[...]] => Load one or more squashfs modules
+  from the directory: "/liveslack/optional".
+  By default none of these modules is loaded on boot.
+
+noload=mod1[,mod2[...]] => Prevent loading of one or more
+  squashfs modules from the directory "/liveslack/addons".
+  By default all these modules are loaded on boot.
+
+=== Hardware related ===
+
+nomodeset => Boot without kernel mode setting, needed with 
+  some machines. 
+ 
+rootdelay=10 => Add 10 second delay to give the kernel more 
+  time to initialize USB. Try this if booting fails.
+
+swap => Allow the Live OS to activate all swap partitions on
+  on the local hardware. By default, none is touched.
+
+=== Media tweaks ===
+
+livemedia=/dev/sdX => Tell the init script which partition
+  contains the Slackware Live OS you want to boot. This can
+  become necessary if you have another copy of Slackware Live
+  installed in another partition.
+
+livemain=directoryname => Use this if you copied the content
+  of the ISO to a different directory than "liveslak".
+
+nop => No persistence, i.e. boot the virgin installation in 
+  case your "persistence" directory got corrupted. 
+ 
+persistence=directoryname => Use this if you want to use
+  a different directory than "persistence" for storing
+  persistent data.
+
+=== Troubleshooting ===
+
+debug => During init, pause at specifiuc locations while as-
+  sembling the overlay filesystem and show mount information.
+
+rescue => After initialization, you will be dropped in a
+  rescue shell to perform lowlevel maintenance.