From 7d2e1d26cbf10f342b8078040234f2ac354ec320 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Hameleers Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 13:06:01 +0200 Subject: Update the documentation and grub/syslinux help texts --- syslinux/f3.txt | 25 ++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'syslinux/f3.txt') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3-65-gdbad