[Fedora-livecd-list] How to Pass Parameters to isolinux.cfg for console redirect

Lars Bjørndal lars.bjorndal at broadpark.no
Sat Oct 10 19:20:25 UTC 2009


Jeremy Katz <katzj at fedoraproject.org> writes:

> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 12:03 AM, Jon Jaroker <fedoralivecd at jaroker.com> wrote:
>> I would like to add “console=ttyS0” to the append line in the isolinux.cfg
>> file in order to capture boot messages when testing liveCDs.
>>
>> I notice that the live.py script includes an $(extra) parameter.  Is it
>> possible to add “console=ttyS0” to this $(extra) parameter?  If so, where
>> should it be set?
>>
>> Is there a better way to pass such parameters directly through the kickstart
>> file, such as with the “bootloader” parameter?
>
> That's exactly how -- as the kickstart docs say
>    bootloader --append="console=ttyS0"
> should do the trick with livecds and a real system install

But what if you need to remove a default parameter, e.g. "rhgb" from
the kernel parameter list on the livecd?

Lars




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