some instances of menu.lst
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Under some menu.lst instances.... some states: title Linux kernel (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 vga=0x314 selinux=0 splash=silent resume=/dev/sda1 elevator=cfq showopts initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd and some states: title linux kernel (hd1,6)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb7 splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd1,6)/boot/initrd.img Im confused :scratch: 1. Why is't linux distro's have different vga? Can I make them the same? 2. What are vga, splash, elevator and etc...FOR?? 2. Correct me if Im wrong...In the above menu.lst config, what is the very most important thing there. I mean can I have only this config instead title linux kernel (hd1,6)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb7 initrd (hd1,6)/boot/initrd.img Without adding attributes such as vga, splash, elevator and etc. |
Well, you can, of course, do anything you wish to do. (That’s what the “free” in “free software” usually means.)
The various options control what the kernel does as it’s booted, and (if the option is not processed by the kernel) the option is passes to the initrd (The inital RAM drive) for processing by the distribution being loaded. Thus the meaning of the various options may depend on the kernel being loaded or on the distribution being loaded. Some of those listed in your example seem obvious: “selenux=0” is disabling the SELinux security system, “resume=/dev/sda1” is specifying where the resume-after-suspend partition is located, and “splash=silent” is turning off the distribution’s splash screen. The “elevator” parameter controls the I/O scheduler: Code:
elevator= [IOSCHED] |
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title Linux kernel (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 vga=0x314 selinux=0 splash=silent resume=/dev/sda1 elevator=cfq showopts initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd and turn into this: title linux kernel (hd1,6)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb7 initrd (hd1,6)/boot/initrd.img I need to know if there a big possibility that my Grub wont boot. Just like you guessed "vga", is a distribution specific setting Correct me if im wrong :newbie: |
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