[install-guide: 4/18] added a refererence for kernel parameters

Pete Travis immanetize at fedoraproject.org
Fri Oct 26 05:51:12 UTC 2012


commit 62456bfb2de9b98fc072fbcb235beff3e21ac765
Author: Pete Travis <immanetize at fedoraproject.org>
Date:   Sat Jul 28 19:18:26 2012 -0600

    added a refererence for kernel parameters

 en-US/Boot_Init_Shutdown.xml |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/en-US/Boot_Init_Shutdown.xml b/en-US/Boot_Init_Shutdown.xml
index 8173b20..a66323b 100644
--- a/en-US/Boot_Init_Shutdown.xml
+++ b/en-US/Boot_Init_Shutdown.xml
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
 					Once the second stage boot loader has determined which kernel to boot, it locates the corresponding kernel binary in the <filename>/boot/</filename> directory. The kernel binary is named using the following format &mdash; <filename>/boot/vmlinuz-<replaceable>&lt;kernel-version&gt;</replaceable></filename> file (where <filename><replaceable>&lt;kernel-version&gt;</replaceable></filename> corresponds to the kernel version specified in the boot loader's settings).
 				</para>
 				<para>
-					For instructions on using the boot loader to supply command line arguments to the kernel, refer to <xref linkend="ch-grub" />. For information on changing the runlevel at the boot loader prompt, refer <xref linkend="s1-grub-runlevels" />.
+					The bootloader is also used to pass arguments to the kernel it loads.  This allows the system to operate with a specified root filesystem, enable or disable kernel modules and system features, or configure booting to a specific runlevel. For instructions on using the boot loader to supply command line arguments to the kernel, refer to <xref linkend="ch-grub" />. Specific kernel parameters are described in <filename>/usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-*/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt</filename>, which is provided by the <package>kernel-doc</package> package. For information on changing the runlevel at the boot loader prompt, refer <xref linkend="s1-grub-runlevels" />.
 				</para>
 				<para>
 					The boot loader then places one or more appropriate <filename>initramfs</filename> images into memory. The <filename>initramfs</filename> is used by the kernel to load drivers and modules necessary to boot the system. This is particularly important if SCSI hard drives are present or if the systems use the ext3 or ext4 file system.


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