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-rw-r--r--syslinux/f2.txt4
-rw-r--r--syslinux/f3.txt25
-rw-r--r--syslinux/f4.txt2
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/syslinux/f2.txt b/syslinux/f2.txt
index 2451b39..1a41e5c 100644
--- a/syslinux/f2.txt
+++ b/syslinux/f2.txt
@@ -8,11 +8,15 @@
kbd=fr xkb=ch,fr => Example of custom X keyboard layout.
livepw="somestring" => Change the password for user "live".
+ The password is passed as a cleartext string.
+ You can pass an empty string (livepw=) to remove the password.
locale=nl_NL kbd=nl tz=Europe/Amsterdam => Example of language,
keyboard and/or timezone customization.
rootpw="somestring" => Change the password for user "root".
+ The password is passed as a cleartext string.
+ You can pass an empty string (rootpw=) to remove the password.
=== Custom software ===
diff --git a/syslinux/f3.txt b/syslinux/f3.txt
index 7d14801..a311cb5 100644
--- a/syslinux/f3.txt
+++ b/syslinux/f3.txt
@@ -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.
diff --git a/syslinux/f4.txt b/syslinux/f4.txt
index c890348..80ca985 100644
--- a/syslinux/f4.txt
+++ b/syslinux/f4.txt
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ localhd => initialize RAID/LVM on local hard drives.
tweaks=tweak1[,tweak2,[,...]] => Implemented tweaks:
nga - no glamor 2D acceleration, avoids error "EGL_MESA_drm_image required".
+ nsh - no sub-pixel hinting in freetype.
tpb - enable TrackPoint scrolling while holding down middle mouse button.
syn - start the syndaemon for better support of Synaptics touchpads.
+ ssh - start SSH daemon (disabled by default).
nomodeset => Boot without kernel mode setting, needed with
some machines.