Difference between revisions of "Kernel parameters"

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There are three ways to pass options to the kernel and thus control its behaviour:

When building the kernel.
When starting the kernel (usually, when invoked from a boot loader).
At runtime (through the files in /proc and /sys).

This page now explains in more detail the second method and shows a list of most used kernel parameters in Arch Linux.

Configuration

Kernel parameters can be set either temporarily by editing the boot menu when it shows up, or by modifying the boot loader's configuration file.

Here we are adding the parameters quiet and splash to Syslinux, GRUB, GRUB Legacy and LILO.

Syslinux

Press Template:Keypress when the menu shows up and add them at the end of the string:

> .linux ../vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda3 ro initrd=../initramfs-linux.img quiet splash

Press Template:Keypress to boot with these parameters.

To make the change persistent after reboot, edit /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg and add them to the APPEND line:

APPEND root=/dev/sda3 ro quiet splash

For more information on configuring Syslinux, see the Syslinux article.

GRUB

Press Template:Keypress when the menu shows up and add them on the linux line:

linux   /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=978e3e81-8048-4ae1-8a06-aa727458e8ff ro  quiet splash

Press Template:Keypress to boot with these parameters.

To make the change persistent after reboot, while you could manually edit /boot/grub/grub.cfg with the exact line from above, for beginners it's recommended to:

Edit /etc/default/grub and append your kernel options to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT line:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

And then automatically re-generate the grub.cfg file with:

# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

For more information on configuring GRUB, see the GRUB article.

GRUB Legacy

Press Template:Keypress when the menu shows up and add them on the kernel line:

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda3 ro quiet splash

Press Template:Keypress to boot with these parameters.

To make the change persistent after reboot, edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and add them to the kernel line, exactly like above.

For more information on configuring GRUB Legacy, see the GRUB Legacy article.

LILO

Add them to /etc/lilo.conf:

image=/boot/vmlinuz-linux
        ...
        quiet splash

For more information on configuring LILO, see the LILO article.

Parameters list

This article or section needs expansion.

Reason: The list needs more parameters. (Discuss in Talk:Kernel parameters#)

Note: Not all of the listed options are always available. Most are associated with subsystems and work only if the kernel is configured with those subsystems built in. They also depend on the presence of the hardware they are associated with.

SysVinit	systemd	Description
`3`	`systemd.unit=multi-user`	Boot to a specified runlevel (3, in this case). Works with 1-6.
`1`	`systemd.unit=rescue`	Boot to Single-user mode (root).
`nomodeset`	`nomodeset`	Disable Kernel Mode Setting.
`loglevel=3`	`loglevel=3`	Removes "misaligned reg" and "unknown connector type" messages during boot with the Nouveau driver. See this topic.
--	`init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd`	Boot using systemd instead of SysVinit.
`init=/bin/sh rw`	`init=/bin/sh rw`	Boot to Shell.

All of these parameters are case-sensitive.

For a complete list of all known options, please see the kernel documentation.

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 [[Category:Kernel]]
-There are three ways to pass options to the kernel and thus control its behavior:
+[[es:Kernel parameters]]
-* When building the kernel.
+[[ja:Kernel parameters]]
-* When starting the kernel. Usually, parameters are passed to the kernel when it is invoked from a boot loader.
+[[zh-CN:Kernel parameters]]
-* At runtime, by writing to files in the {{ic|proc}} and {{ic|/sys}} directories.
+There are three ways to pass options to the kernel and thus control its behaviour:
-This page will explain the second method and show a list of most used kernel parameters in Arch Linux. For a complete list of all known options, please see the [http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt kernel documentation].
+# When building the kernel.
+# When starting the kernel (usually, when invoked from a boot loader).
+# At runtime (through the files in {{ic|/proc}} and {{ic|/sys}}).
+This page now explains in more detail the second method and shows a list of most used kernel parameters in Arch Linux.
 == Configuration ==
-Here we are adding the parameters {{ic|quiet}} and {{ic|splash}} to GRUB, GRUB Legacy, LILO and Syslinux.
-==== [[GRUB]] ====
+Kernel parameters can be set either temporarily by editing the boot menu when it shows up, or by modifying the boot loader's configuration file.
-Edit the file {{ic|/etc/default/grub}} and append your kernel options to the line {{ic|1=GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""}}:
-{{hc|/etc/default/grub|2=GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="ro quiet splash"}}
-Re-generate {{ic|grub.cfg}} with:
+Here we are adding the parameters {{ic|quiet}} and {{ic|splash}} to [[Syslinux]], [[GRUB]], [[GRUB Legacy]] and [[LILO]].
-{{bc|# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg}}
-The resulting line in {{ic|/boot/grub/grub.cfg}} will look like:
+==== Syslinux ====
-{{hc|/boot/grub/grub.cfg|2=
-linux	/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda3 quiet splash}}
-==== [[GRUB Legacy]] ====
+* Press {{Keypress|Tab}} when the menu shows up and add them at the end of the string:
-For GRUB Legacy the kernel parameters go into the kernel line of {{ic|menu.lst}}.
-{{hc|/boot/grub/menu.lst|2=
-kernel /vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda3 ro quiet splash}}
-==== [[LILO]] ====
+: {{bc|1=> .linux ../vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda3 ro initrd=../initramfs-linux.img ''quiet splash''}}
-{{hc|/etc/lilo.conf|2=
+: Press {{Keypress|Enter}} to boot with these parameters.
+* To make the change persistent after reboot, edit {{ic|/boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg}} and add them to the {{ic|APPEND}} line:
+: {{bc|1=APPEND root=/dev/sda3 ro ''quiet splash''}}
+For more information on configuring Syslinux, see the [[Syslinux]] article.
+==== GRUB ====
+* Press {{Keypress|e}} when the menu shows up and add them on the {{ic|linux}} line:
+: {{bc|1=linux   /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=978e3e81-8048-4ae1-8a06-aa727458e8ff ro  ''quiet splash''}}
+: Press {{Keypress|b}} to boot with these parameters.
+* To make the change persistent after reboot, while you ''could'' manually edit {{ic|/boot/grub/grub.cfg}} with the exact line from above, for beginners it's recommended to:
+:Edit {{ic|/etc/default/grub}} and append your kernel options to the {{ic|GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT}} line:
+:: {{bc|1=GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="''quiet splash''"}}
+:And then automatically re-generate the {{ic|grub.cfg}} file with:
+:: {{bc|# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg}}
+For more information on configuring GRUB, see the [[GRUB]] article.
+==== GRUB Legacy ====
+* Press {{Keypress|e}} when the menu shows up and add them on the {{ic|kernel}} line:
+: {{bc|1=kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda3 ro ''quiet splash''}}
+: Press {{Keypress|b}} to boot with these parameters.
+* To make the change persistent after reboot, edit {{ic|/boot/grub/menu.lst}} and add them to the {{ic|kernel}} line, exactly like above.
+For more information on configuring GRUB Legacy, see the [[GRUB Legacy]] article.
+==== LILO ====
+* Add them to {{ic|/etc/lilo.conf}}:
+: {{bc|<nowiki>
 image=/boot/vmlinuz-linux
-         [...]
+         ...
-         quiet splash}}
+         </nowiki>''quiet splash''}}
-==== [[Syslinux]] ====
+For more information on configuring LILO, see the [[LILO]] article.
-{{hc|/boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg|2=
-APPEND root=UUID=988d4e11-8237-4af3-5ab6-77627128g9d0 ro vga=current quiet splash}}
 == Parameters list ==
+{{Expansion|The list needs more parameters.}}
 {{Note|Not all of the listed options are always available. Most are associated with subsystems and work only if the kernel is configured with those subsystems built in. They also depend on the presence of the hardware they are associated with.}}
+{| border="1"
+![[SysVinit]]!![[systemd]]!!Description
+|-
+| {{ic|3}} || {{ic|1=systemd.unit=multi-user}} || Boot to a specified runlevel (3, in this case). Works with 1-6.
+|-
+| {{ic|1}}  || {{ic|1=systemd.unit=rescue}} || Boot to Single-user mode (root).
+|-
+| {{ic|nomodeset}} || {{ic|nomodeset}} || Disable [[Kernel Mode Setting]].
+|-
+| {{ic|1=loglevel=3}} || {{ic|1=loglevel=3}} || Removes "misaligned reg" and "unknown connector type" messages during boot with the [[Nouveau]] driver. See [https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=137509 this] topic.
+|-
+| -- || {{ic|1=init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd}} || Boot using [[Systemd#Installation|systemd]] instead of SysVinit.
+|-
+| {{ic|1=init=/bin/sh rw}}  || {{ic|1=init=/bin/sh rw}} || Boot to Shell.
+|}
 All of these parameters are case-sensitive.
-{{Stub|Add list here.}}
+For a complete list of all known options, please see the [https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt kernel documentation].
 == See Also ==
-* [http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt Linux Kernel Documentation :: kernel-parameters.txt]
-* [http://files.kroah.com/lkn/lkn_pdf/ch09.pdf List of kernel paramaters with further explanation and grouped by similar options]
+* [[sysctl]]
+* [http://files.kroah.com/lkn/lkn_pdf/ch09.pdf List of kernel parameters with further explanation and grouped by similar options]

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