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@@ -21,18 +21,29 @@ livemedia=/dev/sdX => Tell the init script which partition
become necessary if you have another copy of Slackware Live
installed in another partition. Also accepted: UUID or LABEL.
-livemedia=/dev/sdX:/path/to/live.iso => Use this if you want to
+livemedia=/dev/sdX:/path/to/live.iso
+livemedia=scandev:/path/to/live.iso => Use this if you want to
load the live OS from an ISO file on a local harddisk 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.
+nop => No persistence, i.e. boot the virgin installation in
+ case your "persistence" directory got corrupted.
+ If you want to ignore any persistent data during boot,
+ including LUKS data, specify "nop luksvol=" .
+
+nop=wipe => Wipe all data from persistence directory or container.
+ Useful in cases where your persistent data got corrupted.
+
+persistence=name => Use this if you are using a different
+ directory/file than "persistence" for storing persistent data.
+
+persistence=/dev/sdX:/path/to/mypersistence
+persistence=scandev:/path/to/mypersistence => Use this if
+ the persistence directory or container is not located on the USB stick,
+ but on a local hard disk partition. Useful for network (PXE) boot
+ where you still want to offer users persistence.
toram => copy the OS from the media to to RAM before running it.
You can remove the boot media after booting.