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- 0fSPECIAL BOOT ARGUMENTS - OVERVIEW07
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- On a few systems, you may need to specify a parameter at the 0fboot:07
- prompt in order to boot the system. For example, Linux may not be able
- to "autodetect" your hardware, and you will need to explicitly specify
- its location or type for it to be recognized. The table below
- indicates whether you need a parameter. If you do, enter the 0fboot
- method07 followed by the parameter from the table. For example, if your
- 3.5 inch floppy drive is your second drive, and your first drive is a
- 5.25 inch one, you would type "0flinux root=/dev/fd107" at the 0fboot:07
- prompt. Some of the arguments require numerical parameters which are
- shown in 0bcyan07. By default, these are interpreted as decimal. If you use
- hex numbers you have to add a 0x prefix (e.g., 0x300).
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- For more information about what boot arguments you can use, press:
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- <09F507> -- boot arguments for special machines
- <09F607> -- boot arguments for various disk controllers
- <09F707> -- boot arguments understood by the install system
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- Press <09ENTER07> or type boot method, arguments, and <09ENTER07> to boot.
- Press function key <09F107> for the help index.
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