.B init=<path to real init>
.TP
.B root=<path to blockdevice>
-specify e.g. \fI/dev/sda1\fR or
-\fI/dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.1-scsi-0:0:1:0-part1\fR
+specify blockdevice to use as root filesystem.
+e.g. \fI/dev/sda1\fR
+e.g. \fI/dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.1-scsi-0:0:1:0-part1\fR
.TP
.B rootfstype=<filesystem type>
"auto" if not specified, e.g. \fIrootfstype=ext3\fR
/etc/fstab of the real root.
.SH I18N
+.ad l
e.g. LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYTABLE=de-latin1-nodeadkeys
+.ad
.TP
.B KEYBOARDTYPE=sun|pc
will be written to /etc/sysconfig/keyboard in the initramfs
.TP
.B rd_ZFCP=<zfcp adaptor device bus ID>,<WWPN>,<FCPLUN>
rd_ZFCP can be specified multiple times on the kernel command line.
+
example: rd_ZFCP=0.0.4000,0x5005076300C213e9,0x5022000000000000
.TP
.B rd_NO_ZFCPCONF
.SH CCW
.TP
.B rd_CCW=<nettype>,<subchannels>,<options>
-rd_CCW can be specified multiple times on the kernel command line.
-e.g. rd_CCW=qeth,0.0.0600,0.0.0601,0.0.0602,layer2=1,portname=foo
-e.g. rd_CCW=ctc,0.0.0600,0.0.0601,0.0.0602,protocol=bar
+rd_CCW can be specified multiple times on the kernel command line. Examples:
+ rd_CCW=qeth,0.0.0600,0.0.0601,0.0.0602,layer2=1,portname=foo
+ rd_CCW=ctc,0.0.0600,0.0.0601,0.0.0602,protocol=bar
.SH DHCP
.TP
.B root=dhcp
.SH iSCSI
.TP
-.B root=iscsi:[username:password[reverse:password]@][<servername>]:[<protocol>]:[<port>]:[<LUN>]:<targetname>
+.B root=iscsi:[username:password[:reverse:password]@][<servername>]:[<protocol>]:[<port>]:[<LUN>]:<targetname>
protocol defaults to "6", LUN defaults to "0".
If the "servername" field is provided by BOOTP or DHCP, then that
e.g. root=iscsi:192.168.50.1::::iqn.2009-06.dracut:target0
.TP
.B root=??? netroot=iscsi:[username:password[:reverse:password]@][<servername>]:[<protocol>]:[<port>]:[<LUN>]:<targetname> ...
+.ad l
multiple netroot options allow setting up multiple iscsi disks
e.g.
- root=UUID=12424547 netroot=iscsi:192.168.50.1::::iqn.2009-06.dracut:target0 netroot=iscsi:192.168.50.1::::iqn.2009-06.dracut:target1
-.B not yet implemented
+ root=UUID=12424547
+ netroot=iscsi:192.168.50.1::::iqn.2009-06.dracut:target0
+ netroot=iscsi:192.168.50.1::::iqn.2009-06.dracut:target1
+
+.B not yet implemented!
+.ad
.TP
.B root=??? iscsi_initiator= iscsi_target_name= iscsi_target_ip= iscsi_target_port= iscsi_target_group= iscsi_username= iscsi_password= iscsi_in_username= iscsi_in_password=
.TP
mount nbd share from <server>
.TP
.B root=dhcp
- with dhcp root-path=nbd:<server>:<port>[:<fstype>][:<mountopts>]
+with dhcp root-path=nbd:<server>:<port>[:<fstype>][:<mountopts>]
root=dhcp alone directs initrd to look at the DHCP root-path where NBD options can be specified.
This syntax is only usable in cases where you are directly mounting the volume as the rootfs.
.SH Network
-.TP bootdev=<interface>
-.B specify the network interface to boot from
.TP
.B ip={dhcp|on|any}
get ip from dhcp server from all interfaces. If root=dhcp, loop sequentially through all interfaces (eth0, eth1, ...) and use the first with a valid DHCP root-path.
.B ip=<interface>:{dhcp|on|any}
get ip from dhcp server on a specific interface
.TP
-.B ip=<client-IP-number>:[<server-id>]:<gateway-IP-number>:<netmask>:<client-hostname>:<interface>:{none|off}
+.ad l
+.B ip=<client-IP>:[<server-id>]:<gateway-IP>:<netmask>:<client\%hostname>:<interface>:{none|off}
+.ad
explicit network configuration
.TP
.B ifname=<interface>:<MAC>
Note letters in the MAC-address must be lowercase!
Note that if you use this option you \fBmust\fR specify an ifname= argument
for all interfaces used in ip= or fcoe= arguments
+.TP
+.B bootdev=<interface>
+specify network interface to use routing and netroot information from. Required if multiple ip= lines are used.
.SH Plymouth Boot Splash
.TP
.B rdbreak
drop to a shell at the end
.TP
-.B rdbreak={cmdline|pre-udev|pre-trigger|initqueue|pre-mount|mount|pre-pivot}
+.B rdbreak={cmdline | pre-udev | pre-trigger | initqueue | pre-mount | mount | pre-pivot}
drop to a shell on defined breakpoint
.TP
.B rdudevinfo