[syslinux] Understanding the install kernel command line arguments

[Bruce Korb]

Geert Stappers wrote:
> Op 02-11-2007 om 16:10 schreef H. Peter Anvin:
>>> (viz., I'm trying to answer _all_ installation questions in a "preseed"
>>> file, but it is not being seen, so I get all these questions when what
>>> I want is a CD where "enter" is pressed exactly once.)
>>>
>> Look for Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt in the kernel distribution.
> 
> And also http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.powerpc/apb.html
> (or even only http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.powerpc/apb.html ;-)

Even only.  Yes, that's the ticket!  I was trying to understand the
``append path/to/variable=value'' stuff.  Since it was in "append"
statements in isolinux.cfg just as if it were a kernel boot parameter,
I wound up thinking it actually was a kernel boot parameter.  Silly me.
There be magic there somewhere, but I'm not going to disentangle that
today.  :)  Thank you!

Cheers - Bruce