02-23-2007 ---------- Boot time command args: ----------------------- askmethod Do not automatically use the CD-ROM as the install source if we detect a Red Hat Linux CD in your CD-ROM drive. asknetwork Prompt for network configuration in the first stage of installation regardless of installation method. dd Use a driver disk. dhcpclass= Sends a custom DHCP vendor class identifier. ISC's dhcpcd can inspect this value using "option vendor-class-identifier". dns= Comma separated list of nameservers to use for a network installation. driverdisk Same as 'dd'. expert Turns on special features: - allows partitioning of removable media - prompts for driver disk gateway= Gateway to use for a network installation. graphical Force graphical install. Required to have ftp/http use GUI. isa Prompt user for ISA devices configuration. ip= IP to use for a network installation, use 'dhcp' for DHCP. keymap= Keyboard layout to use. Valid values are those which can be used for the 'keyboard' kickstart command. ks Kickstart over NFS. ks=cdrom: Kickstart from CDROM ks=file: Kickstart from a file (path = 'fd0/ks.cfg') ks=ftp:// Kickstart from FTP. ks=hd: Kickstart via harddrive (dev = 'hda1', for example) ks=http:// Kickstart from HTTP. ks=nfs(:options): Kickstart from NFS. NFS mount options are optional. ksdevice Takes one of 4 types of argument which tells install what network device to use for kickstart from network: - An argument like 'eth0' naming a specific interface - An argument like 00:12:34:56:78:9a indicating the MAC address of a specific interface - The keyword `link' indicating that the first interface with link up - The keyword `bootif' indicating that the MAC address indicated by the BOOTIF command line option will be used to locate the boot interface. BOOTIF is automagically supplied by pxelinux when you include the option `IPAPPEND 2' in your pxelinux.cfg file kssendmac Adds HTTP headers to ks=http:// request that can be helpful for provisioning systems. Includes MAC address of all network interfaces in HTTP headers of the form: "X-RHN-Provisioning-MAC-0: eth0 01:23:45:67:89:ab". lang= Language to use for the installation. This should be a language which is valid to be used with the 'lang' kickstart command. loglevel= Set the minimum level required for messages to be logged. Values for are debug, info, warning, error, and critical. The default value is info. lowres Force GUI installer to run at 640x480. mediacheck Activates loader code to give user option of testing integrity of install source (if an ISO-based method). method=cdrom Do a CDROM based installation. method=ftp:// Use for an FTP installation method=hd:/// Use on for a hard drive installation method=http:// Use for an HTTP installation method=nfs: Use for an NFS installation. mtu= Set the MTU (maximum transmission unit) used during network installs to the given number. Uses the network stack default if this option is not specified. netmask= Netmask to use for a network installation. nofb Do not load the VGA16 framebuffer required for doing text-mode installation in some languages nofirewire Do not load support for firewire devices noipv6 Disable IPv6 networking during installation. nokill A debugging option that prevents anaconda from terminating all running programs when a fatal error occurs nomount Don't automatically mount any installed Linux partitions in rescue mode. nonet Do not auto-probe network devices noparport Do not attempt to load support for parallel ports nopass Don't pass keyboard/mouse info to stage 2 installer, good for testing keyboard and mouse config screens in stage2 installer during network installs. nopcmcia Ignore PCMCIA controller in system. noprobe Do not attempt to detect hw, prompts user instead. noshell Do not put a shell on tty2 during install. nostorage Do not auto-probe storage devices (SCSI, IDE, RAID) nousb Do not load USB support (helps if install hangs early sometimes). nousbstorage Do not load usbstorage module in loader. May help with device ordering on SCSI systems. rescue Run rescue environment. resolution= Run installer in mode specified, '1024x768' for example. serial Turns on serial console support. syslog=[:] Once installation is up and running, send log messages to the syslog process on , and optionally, on port . Requires the remote syslog process to accept connections (the -r option). text Force text mode install. updates Prompt for floppy containing updates (bug fixes). updates=ftp:// Image containing updates over FTP. updates=http:// Image containing updates over HTTP. upgradeany Don't require an /etc/redhat-release that matches the expected syntax to upgrade. vnc Enable vnc-based installation. You will need to connect to the machine using a vnc client application. vncconnect=[:] Once installation is up and running, connect to the vnc client named , and optionally use port . Requires 'vnc' option to be specified as well. vncpassword= Enable a password for the vnc connection. This will prevent someone from inadvertantly connecting to the vnc-based installation. Requires 'vnc' option to be specified as well.