Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Thu, 1 Feb 2007 10:19:55 -0800 | From | Judith Lebzelter <> | Subject | [ PATCH ] fix to documentation for kexec |
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Hello,
I've noticed that the boot options are not correct for in the documentation for kdump. The "init" keyword is not necessary, and causes a kernel panic when booting with an initrd on Fedora 5.
Thanks; Judith Lebzelter
--- Signed-off-by: Judith Lebzelter <judith@osdl.org> ---
Index: linux/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt =================================================================== --- linux.orig/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt +++ linux/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ the following command: kexec -p <dump-capture-kernel> \ --initrd=<initrd-for-dump-capture-kernel> --args-linux \ - --append="root=<root-dev> init 1 irqpoll" + --append="root=<root-dev> 1 irqpoll" Notes on loading the dump-capture kernel: @@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ Notes on loading the dump-capture kernel * You must specify <root-dev> in the format corresponding to the root device name in the output of mount command. -* "init 1" boots the dump-capture kernel into single-user mode without - networking. If you want networking, use "init 3." +* Boot parameter "1" boots the dump-capture kernel into single-user mode + without networking. If you want networking, use "3". Kernel Panic - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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