From 7d2e1d26cbf10f342b8078040234f2ac354ec320 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 13:06:01 +0200
Subject: Update the documentation and grub/syslinux help texts

---
 syslinux/f2.txt |  4 ++++
 syslinux/f3.txt | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
 syslinux/f4.txt |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

(limited to 'syslinux')

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.
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