[Fedora-livecd-list] How to Pass Parameters to isolinux.cfg for console redirect

Jeremy Katz katzj at fedoraproject.org
Sat Oct 10 19:08:17 UTC 2009


On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 12:03 AM, Jon Jaroker <fedoralivecd at jaroker.com> wrote:
> I would like to add “console=ttyS0” to the append line in the isolinux.cfg
> file in order to capture boot messages when testing liveCDs.
>
> I notice that the live.py script includes an $(extra) parameter.  Is it
> possible to add “console=ttyS0” to this $(extra) parameter?  If so, where
> should it be set?
>
> Is there a better way to pass such parameters directly through the kickstart
> file, such as with the “bootloader” parameter?

That's exactly how -- as the kickstart docs say
   bootloader --append="console=ttyS0"
should do the trick with livecds and a real system install

- Jeremy




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