MCNLive bootcodes == 26-04-2007

LiveCD bootcodes: These codes allow you to override the LiveCD defaults to modify the boot process for your specific needs. The codes can be used on their own (as specified) on the syslinux (initial) boot command-line or can be combined to specify more than one listed option, eg. livecd olddetect nosound acpi=off fstab=noauto

The following codes are available for MCNLive 'Delft':

livecd copy2ram
Copy everything into RAM, free up the CD-Drive/USB-device. You need at least 512 MB RAM to use it!

livecd fstab='opts'
Override the default generation of the fstab. Valid options, combined with "," are the following: auto or noauto and ro or rw.

livecd olddetect
Use the old hardware detection routine, do not use harddrake. Useful to combine with: nonetwork nosound etc.

livecd olddetect keyb='mapping'
Use a different keyboard layout mapping from the one the LiveCD was built with.
Example: livecd olddetect keyb=de_nodeadkeys

livecd olddetect nonetwork
Don't probe/detect network cards

livecd olddetect nopcmcia
Don't probe/detect PCMCIA devices

livecd olddetect nosound
Don't probe/detect sound cards

livecd noscsi
Disable the probing of SCSI devices at boot. Do not use this option when booting from a SCSI device since the boot will fail.

livecd nousb
Disable the probing of USB devices at boot. Do not use this option when booting from a USB device since the boot will fail.

livecd unionfs=no
Don't use unionfs copy-on-write (COW) file overlay mounts, even if available on the LiveCD. This option overrides unionfs support, resorting to the normal file operation. (Slower, more memory required)

livecd persist
Use a mcnlive.loop disk image in order to save and keep all changes.

livecd ntfsrw
Mount detected NTFS partions read-write with ntfs-3g. Default is: read-only.

Besides the above mentioned bootcodes, the isolinux will accept all the normal kernel boot codes i.e. vga=xxx for the framebuffer resolution, splash=verbose|silent to turn on or off the splash screen, acpi=off noapic nolapic parameters, init 3, irqpoll, ide=nodma, pci=nomsi, pnpacpi=off pnpbios=off

Single function bootcodes are boot codes which don't need the livecd in front:

safeboot
Equivalent to boot with:
livecd acpi=off vga=normal keyb=us noapic nolapic noscsi nopcmcia nomce unionfs=no

vesa
Equivalent to boot with: livecd olddetect vesa
Useful in case the videocard is not detetced properly. Handy for booting in VirtualBox or VMware.