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 Available kernels (boot images):
  * rescuecd Default for 32bit systems, with Framebuffer disabled, best choice.
  * rescue64 Default 64 bit kernel. Use it if you want to chroot to a 64bit
- linux system installed on your hard disk, or if you have to run 64 bits
+ linux system installed on your hard disk, or if you have to run 64 bit
  programs. This kernel is able to boot with 32bit programs, and it requires
  a processor with 64bit instructions (amd64 / em64t).
  * altker32 an alternative kernel for 32bit systems. Boot with this kernel
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 The boot parameters you can use are:
   General boot options
  Press <TAB> to add additional options (in SystemRescueCd-1.5 and more recent)
- * docache: causes the CD-ROM will be fully loaded into memory. A slower
+ * docache: causes the CD-ROM to be fully loaded into memory. A slower start
- start but once complete, programs start faster and the CD drive will be
+ but once complete, programs start faster and the CD drive will be released
- released allowing normal access to other CDs. This requires 400MB of memory
+ allowing normal access to other CDs. This requires 400MB of memory to cache
- to cache everything (including the bootdisks and isolinux directories). Add
+ everything (including the bootdisks and isolinux directories). Add lowmem
- lowmem if you have less that 400MB of memory of to prevent these directories
+ if you have less that 400MB of memory of to prevent these directories from
- to be copied.
+ being copied.
  * setkmap=kk: which defines the keymap to load where kk (example: setkmap=de
  for German keyboards). This way you won't be prompted for the keyboard
  configuration during the boot.
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 system. For example, if you have linux G
  use rescuecd root=/dev/sda6 to start it. Keep in mind that you must use a
 bit kernel if your system is made of 64bit programs. This option works
  with LVM volumes. Use rescuecd root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00. Support
- is also provided for root=auto, which scans all the block devices tfor
+ is also provided for root=auto, which scans all the block devices
- a linux system. The first linux system found will be started. So with
+ for a linux system. The first linux system found will be started. So
- root=auto let you start the system installed from the CD-ROM in case
+ root=auto lets you start the system installed from the CD-ROM in case
  you have problem with your boot loader or kernel. It's also possible
  to specify a partition using its filesystem label or filesystem
  uuid. If the label of the partition where linux is installed is
  mylinux, then boot it using rescuecd root=LABEL=mylinux. Similarly
  root=UUID=b3d3bec5-997a-413e-8449-0d0ec41ccba7. See more details.
- * initscript=service:action: This options allows start/stop a service
+ * initscript=service:action: This option allows one to start/stop a service
  at boot time. For instance if you need the samba service to be started,
  you can boot with: initscript=samba:start. This does the same thing as
- /etc/init.d/samba start. Use this option multiple times for different
+ /etc/init.d/samba start. Use this option a multiple of times for different
  services. All the actions that are supported by an initscript can be used.
  * backstore=xxx: SystemRescueCd comes with support for the backing-stores. A
  backing-store saves all the changes you can make. so that you keep these
- changes the next time you boot it. By default, sysresccd automatically
+ changes the next time you boot. By default, sysresccd automatically
  scan removable devices (eg: USB sticks) at boot time and uses the first
- backing-store it finds. A backing-store is not mandatory and it the
+ backing-store it finds. A backing-store is not mandatory and if the scan
- scan fails it will store the files which change in memory. To disable
+ fails, it will store the files which have changed in memory. To disable
  the disks scan at boot time specify backstore=off on the boot command
- line. If you want to save your backing-store file on an harddisk, boot with
+ line. If you want to save your backing-store file on a harddisk, boot with
  backstore=alldev to scan all devices (not just removable devices). The
- default location for backing-stores file is any file named sysrcd.bs
+ default location for a backing-stores file is any file named sysrcd.bs
- located at the root of a disk which is often an USB stick. Change the path
+ located at the root of a disk which is often a USB stick. Change the path
  by using backstore=/sysrcd/mybackstore.bs. See backing-stores.
  * isoloop=xxx: Grub2 (currently in development: grub-1.98) provides a new
- feature to boot from an ISO image which is stored from the hard disk. If you
+ feature to boot from an ISO image which is stored on the hard disk. If you
  put a copy of systemrescuecd-x86-x.y.z.iso on a partition that Grub2 can read
  then you can boot SystemRescueCd directly from the ISO image stored on your
  hard drive. This is very convenient if you frequently update SystemRescueCd
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 if you have a problem when the system lo
  * nonet: this will disable the network auto detection at startup
  * scandelay=x: pauses x seconds during the startup to allow slow devices
- to initialize. This is required when you boot an USB device. A delay of
+ to initialize. This is required when you boot a USB device. A delay of
  only few seconds should be enough.
  * doxdetect: Since version 0.3.5 the auto-configuration is done in X.Org
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 including sshd and nfsd.
  * skipmount=/dev/xxx: The system mounts all the storage devices at boot
  time to find the sysrcd.dat file. If your hard disk is broken it should
- be mounted. Boot with skipmount=/dev/sda1 skipmount=/dev/sda2 to ignore
+ not be mounted. Boot with skipmount=/dev/sda1 skipmount=/dev/sda2 to ignore
  these two partitions.
   Network configuration and remote access
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 since the service is automatically stopp
  requires SystemRescueCd-1.5.5 or more recent.
  * dodhcp: to request a DHCP server provide network attributes including
  an IP address, gateway...
- * nodhcp: never run the dhcp client in the initramfs boot
+ * nodhcp: never run the dhcp client in the initramfs boot script. May
- script. May be useful if you use PXE boot on a computer with
+ be useful if you use PXE boot on a computer with several ethernet
- several ethernet interfaces. Support for this option is available in
+ interfaces. Support for this option is available in SystemRescueCd-1.5.5
- SystemRescueCd-1.5.5-beta2 and more recent
+ and more recent
  * ethx=ipaddr/cidr: Sets the static IP address of all the ethernet
  interfaces on the system. The /cidr extension is optional. For instance,
  if you use option ethx=192.168.0.1 on a machine with two ethernet adapters,
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 format ethx=10.0.0.1/24 (using the cidr
  default netmask.
  * eth0=ipaddr/cidr: This option is similar to ethx=ipaddr/cidr but it
  configures only one interface at a time. To configure the network on a
- server that has two interfaces, use: eth0=192.168.10.1/24 eth1=192.168.20.1.
+ server that has two interfaces, use, for example: eth0=192.168.10.1/24
+ eth1=192.168.20.1.
  * dns=ipaddr: Sets the static IP address of the DNS nameserver you want
  to use to resolve the names. For instance dns=192.168.0.254 means that
  you want to use 192.168.0.254 as the DNS server.
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 to the DHCP server. This may be required
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 to the DHCP server. This may be required
  be used with your DHCP configuration. This option has been introduced
  in SystemRescueCd-1.3.5.
  * rootpass=123456: Sets the root password of the system running on the
- livecd to 1234. That way you can connect from the network and ssh on the
+ livecd to 123456. That way you can connect from the network and ssh on
- livecd and give 123456 password as the root password.
+ the livecd and give 123456 password as the root password.
  * vncserver=x:123456: The vncserver boot option has been introduced in
  SystemRescueCd-1.0.2. This options forces the system to configure the
  VNC-server and to start it automatically at boot time. You have to replace
- x with the number of displays you want, and 123456 with your password The
+ x with the number of displays you want, and 123456 with your password. The
- password must be between 5 and 8 characters, else the boot option will be
+ password must be between 6 and 8 characters, else the boot option will be
  ignored. In other words the vncserver=2:MyPaSsWd option will give you access
  to two displays (display=1 on tcp/5901 and display=2 on tcp/5902). Display
-is reserved for X.Org since SystemRescueCd-1.1.0.
+is reserved for X.Org since SystemRescueCd-1.1.0. SystemRescueCd-1.5.7 and
- * nameif=xxx: You can can specify what interface name to give to a
+ more recent accept a password longer than 8 chars (between 5 and 12 chars)
- particular interface using the mac address. You need SystemRescueCd-1.1.0
+ * nameif=xxx: You can specify what interface name to give to a particular
- or newer to do that. Here is how you can specify which interface
+ interface using the mac address. You need SystemRescueCd-1.1.0 or
- is using which mac address on a machine with two network interfaces:
+ newer to do that. Here is how you can specify which interface is
+ using which mac address on a machine with two network interfaces:
  nameif=eth0!00:0C:29:57:D0:6E,eth1!00:0C:29:57:D0:64. Be careful, you have
  to respect the separator (comma between the interfaces and exclamation
  marks between the name and the mac address). You can also use the magic
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 if the network is disconnected after the
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 if the network is disconnected after the
  is loaded into memory. Computers with smaller memory won't be able to boot
  this way. The the system continues to work if the network is disconnected
  after the boot process.
- * netboot=nfs://ip:/path: mount an NFSv3 directory. The NFS url must be
+ * netboot=nfs://ip:/path: mount an NFSv3 directory. The NFS url must be the
- the path of the directory that contains sysrcd.dat. Only NFSv3 can be used,
+ path of the directory that contains sysrcd.dat. Only NFSv3 can be used,
- NFSv4 is not supported. NFS it allows computers with smaller memory to boot
+ NFSv4 is not supported. NFS allows computers with smaller memory to boot
- SystemRescueCd from the network. After the boot process, the connection
+ SystemRescueCd from the network. After the boot process, continued network
- is required or you will loose the access to the root file system.
+ connection is required or you will loose access to the root file system.
  * netboot=nbd://ip:port: connect to an NBD server configured with sysrcd.dat
  on ip:port. NBD is easier to configure than NFS (only one TCP port involved)
- and it allows computers with smaller memort to boot SystemRescueCd from
+ and it allows computers with smaller memory to boot SystemRescueCd from
- the network. After the boot process, the connection is required the access
+ the network. After the boot process, the network connection continues to
- to the root system.
+ be required to access the root file system.
  For information on activating speakup, see the speakup info page.
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 live-initramfs.
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 live-initramfs.
   * ocs_live_extra_param will be used only when ocs_live_run=ocs-live-restore
   (not for ocs-live-general or any other), then it will be passed to
   ocs-sr. Therefore these parameters are actually those of ocs-sr.
-  e.g. ocs_live_extra_param="-b -c restoredisk sarge-r5 hda"
+  e.g. ocs_live_extra_param="--batch -c restoredisk sarge-r5 hda"
   * ocs_live_keymap is for keymap used in Clonezilla live. Man install-keymap
   for more details.
   e.g. ocs_live_keymap="NONE" (won't change the default layout)
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 e.g. ocs_numlk=on to turn on numberlock
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 e.g. ocs_numlk=on to turn on numberlock
   example, add live-getty and console=ttyS0,38400n81 in the boot parameter.
   //NOTE//
   * This parameter was added in Clonezilla live 1.2.3-22 or later.
-  * If "live-getty console=$tty,38400n81" are assigned in the boot parameters,
+  * If "live-getty console=ttyS0,38400n81" are assigned in the boot
-  ocs_live_run_tty will honor $tty, even other value is assigned to
+  parameters, ocs_live_run_tty will honor ttyS0, even other value is assigned
-  ocs_live_run_tty in boot parameter.
+  to ocs_live_run_tty in boot parameter.
   * It's recommended to assign ocs_lang and ocs_live_keymap in the boot
   parameters too.
   * ip, this option allows you to specify the network parameters for
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 http://www.clonezilla.org/clonezilla-liv
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 http://www.clonezilla.org/clonezilla-liv
  live-initramfs(7)
  =================
+ :man source: 1.157.3
+ :man manual: Debian Live
  Name
  ----
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 Makes initramfs boot process more verbos
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 Makes initramfs boot process more verbos
   fetch=*URL*::
  Another form of netboot by downloading a squashfs image from a given url,
- copying to ram and booting it.
+ copying to ram and booting it. Due to current limitations in busyboxs wget
+ and DNS resolution, an URL can not contain a hostname but an IP only.
+ Not working: http://example.com/path/to/your_filesystem.squashfs
+ Working: http://1.2.3.4/path/to/your_filesystem.squashfs
+ Also note that therefore it's currently not possible to fetch an image from a
+ namebased virtualhost of an httpd if it is sharing the ip with the main httpd
+ instance.
   hostname=*HOSTNAME*, username=*USER*, userfullname=*USERFULLNAME*::
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 It will be changed in a future release t
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 It will be changed in a future release t
  specification
  (e.g. ip=10.0.0.1::10.0.0.254:255.255.255.0::eth0,:::::eth1:dhcp).
-  ip[=**frommedia**]::
+  ip=[**frommedia**]::
  If this variable is set, dhcp and static configuration are just skipped
  and the
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 filesystem should reside. If it did not
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 filesystem should reside. If it did not
  normal scan
  for block devices is performed.
+ Instead of specifing an actual device name, the keyword 'removable' can
+ be used
+ to limit the search of acceptable live media to removable type only. Note
+ that
+ if you want to further restrict the media to usb mass storage only, you
+ can use
+ the 'removable-usb' keyword.
   {live-media-encryption|encryption}=**TYPE**::
  live-initramfs will mount the encrypted rootfs TYPE, asking the passphrase,
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 been installed with persistent enabled.
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 been installed with persistent enabled.
   noprompt
- Do not prompt to eject the CD on reboot.
+ Do not prompt to eject the CD or remove the USB flash drive on reboot.
   nosudo::
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 will be searched; no filesystems will be
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 will be searched; no filesystems will be
  or image
  files. This results in shorter boot times.
+  persistent-path=PATH
+ live-initramfs will look for persistency files in the root directory of
+ a partition,
+ with this parameter, the path can be configured so that you can have multiple
+ directories on the same partition to store persistency files.
   {preseed/file|file}=**FILE**::
  A path to a file present on the rootfs could be used to preseed debconf
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 This parameter will make live-initramfs
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 This parameter will make live-initramfs
  lead to problems by applications like "mono" which store binary paths on
  installation.
+  silent
+ If you boot with the normal quiet parameter, live-initramfs hides most
+ messages
+ of its own. When adding silent, it hides all.
   textonly
  Start up to text-mode shell prompts, disabling the graphical user interface.

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