Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 1 Feb 2007 13:25:04 -0500 (EST) | From | "Robert P. J. Day" <> | Subject | Re: [ PATCH ] fix to documentation for kexec |
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On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Judith Lebzelter wrote:
> 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".
i'm not sure you want to totally remove those first two lines, they appear to talk about getting to run level 1 *from a running system*.
rday
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