[syslinux] isolinux/gentoo

emerym emerym at citymax.org
Sun Jan 19 15:10:52 PST 2003


Does it boot, while ignoring the params, or halt with error messages?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Johnson" <livewire_ at ameritech.net>
To: <syslinux at zytor.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 10:58 PM
Subject: [syslinux] isolinux/gentoo


> Hello,
> Im a Gentoo kernel maintainer thats trying to fix some bugs on are
upcoming
> 1.4 livecd release that uses IsoLinux.
>
> Our isolinux.cfg is pretty standard :
>
> #########################################
> default gentoo
> append initrd=initrd acpi=off root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc
>
> timeout 300
> prompt 1
> display boot.msg
> F1 boot.msg
> F2 help.msg
>
> label livecd
>         kernel gentoo
>         append initrd=initrd acpi=off root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc
> #########################################
>
> The problem is when a user passes another parameter :
>
> gentoo nosmp apci=on ,etc  they are ignored. even though a dmesg shows
them as
> a kernel command line arguement.
>
> Ive tried various versions of isolinux with no luck. Any info would be
> appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks
> Bob Johnson
>
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