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F3 lets you change the splash screen mode. You can
use the splash kernel option directly, if you prefer.
native turns the splash screen off (same as splash=0)
silent suppresses all kernel and boot messages and shows a progress
bar instead
verbose shows nice picture and kernel and boot messages
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Press F2 to change language and keyboard layout the boot loader uses.
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Press F4 to select a profile. Your system will be started using the
configuration saved in this profile.
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Morphix
About -- short introduction to Morphix.
ACPI -- advanced configuration and power interface
APM -- toggle power management
AutoInstall -- Settings for autoinstalling Morphix
Clock -- Clock options
Debug -- Settings to debug your Morphix Live CD
Expert -- Interactive setup for experts
failsafe -- Boot with (almost) no HW-detection.
Framebuffer -- Use the Framebuffer for graphics
FromHD -- Boot from previously copied CD-Image
/home -- Mount loopback file.
hostname -- Use a different hostname instead
HRate -- Use specified horizontal refresh rate for X.
IDE DMA -- Enable/Disable DMA for IDE-Drives
Keyboard -- Use different keyboard (text/X)
Language -- specify language/keyboard.
Main -- Search for Morphix mainmodules
Mem -- Specify Memory size in MByte.
Memtest -- Run the memtest86 utility.
no -- Skip specified parts of HW-detection.
PCI -- some PIC settings.
Runlevel -- Runlevel 1, load Morphix base, Textmode only
Splash -- influence the behavior of the splash screen.
TestCD -- Check CD data integrity and md5sums
ToHD -- Copy CD to HD partition and run from there
ToRAM -- Copy CD to RAM and run from there
Translucency -- Settings to debug translucency
VGA -- Framebuffer settings.
VRate -- Use specified vertical refresh
rate for X.
Username -- Use a different username instead
Usb boot -- Use the USB device to boot from instead
WM Screen -- Use specified Screen resolution
for X.
X module -- Use specified X Window System driver.
Morphix GNU/Linux is a Live CD distribution with a number of different
flavours. It boots from the CD/DVD media, while not touching the
contents of your harddisk. Morphix is modular in nature, allowing more
flexibility in usage than a regular 'monolithic' Live CD. Morphix has
a large number of derivatives for a variety of uses. For more
information, please take a look on http://www.morphix.org
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ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) is a standard that defines power and configuration management interfaces between an operating system and the BIOS. By default, acpi is switched on when a BIOS is detected that is newer than from year 2000. There are several commonly used parameters to control the behavior of ACPI:
pci=noacpi -- do not use ACPI to route PCI interrupts
acpi=oldboot -- only the parts of ACPI that are relevant for booting remain activated
acpi=off -- switch off ACPI completely
acpi=force -- switch on ACPI even if your BIOS is dated before 2000
Especially on new computers, it replaces the old apm system.
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APM is one of the two power management strategies used on current computers. It is mainly used with laptops for functions like "suspend to disk", but it may also be responsible for switching off the computer after power down. APM relies on a correct working BIOS. If the BIOS is broken, APM may have only limited use or even prevent the computer from working. Therefore, it may be switched off with the parameter
apm=off -- switch off APM completely
Some very new computers may take more advantage from the newer ACPI.
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Expert Settings. Use
expert
to enable this modus.
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Boot Morphix with (almost) no HW-detection.. Use
failsafe
to enable this modus.
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Some Framebuffer settings:
fb1280x1024 - used fixed framebuffer for graphics
fb1024x768 - used fixed framebuffer for graphics
fb800x600 - used fixed framebuffer for graphics
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Use the command
fromhd=/dev/hda1 (hda2,hda3,...)
to boot from previously copied CD image to this partition.
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Mount Morphix homedir.
home=/dev/sda1 - Mount loopback file (morphix.img) as
/home/morph.
home=scan - Automatic search for morphix homedir image.
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You can set your horizontal refresh rate with:
xhrefresh=80 (or hsync=80) - Use 80 kHz horizontal refresh rate for X
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Keyboard settings:
keyboard=us xkeyboard=us - Use different keyboard (tet/X)
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Specifies a language for your keyboard. If available, Morphix sets the correct locale for your language. Possible settings are:
lang=be - Belgian
lang=bg - Bulgarian
lang=ch - Swiss
lang=cn - Chinese
lang=cz - Czech
lang=de - German
lang=da - Danish
lang=el - Greek
lang=es - Spanish
lang=fi - Finnish
lang=fr - French
lang=gl - Galician
lang=he - Hebrew
lang=it - Italian
lang=ja - Japanese
lang=lv - Latvian
lang=lt - Lithuanian
lang=nl - Dutch
lang=pl - Polish
lang=ru - Russian
lang=sf - Swiss French
lang=sk - Slovak
lang=sl - Slovenian
lang=tr - Turkish
lang=tw - Taiwanese
lang=uk - British
lang=us - US (default)
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Specify Memory size in MByte.
mem=128M
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Scan for mainmodules on this partition
main=partitionname
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Check the RAM of your system, doesn't boot Morphix
memtest
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Skip specified parts of HW-detection.Available are:
(select one for more informations)
noapic - turns APIC off.
noagp - turns AGP off.
noapm - turns APM off.
noacpi - turns ACPI off.
noaudio - turns AUDIO off.
noddc - turns DDC off.
nodma - turns DMA off.
nofirewire - turns FIREWIRE off.
noisapnpbios - turns ISAPNPBIOS off.
nopcmcia - turns PCMCIA off.
noscsi - turns SCSI off.
noswap - turns SWAP off.
nousb - turns USB off.
nonvidia - turns off the proprietary NVidia driver minimodule (if available)
To turn almos everything off see failsafe off.
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Some PCI settnigs:
pci=irqmask=0x0e98 - Try this, if PS/2 mouse doesn't work.
pci=bios - Workaround for bad PCI controllers.
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Boot only the Morphix base, don't load any modules. Useful for debugging.
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The splash screen is the picture shown during system start-up.
splash=0
The splash screen is switched off. This may be useful
with very old monitors or if some error occurs.
splash=verbose
Activates splash, kernel and boot messages are
still shown.
splash=silent
Activates splash, but no messages. Instead a progress bar is drawn.
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With the command
testcd
you can check CD data integrity and md5sums.
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Use the command
tohd=/dev/hda1 (hda2,hda3,...)
to copy the whole CD to specified partition and boot from there.
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Use the command
toram
to copy the whole CD to RAM an boot from there.
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Framebuffer setting.
vga=normal - No framebuffer, but X.
vga=785 - 640x480 framebuffer.
vga=788 - 800x600 framebuffer.
vga=791 - 1024x786 framebuffer.
vga=794 - 1280x1024 framebuffer.
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You can set your vertical refresh rate with:
xvrefresh=60 (or vsync=60) - Use 60 Hz vertical refresh rate for X.
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Sets the Screen Resolution for X (for your windowmanager).
screen=1280x1024 - to use for a resolution of 1280x1024
screen=1024x768 - to use for a resolution of 1024x768
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Its possible to use different modules, also posiible to combine them:
xmodule=ati - uses ati module.
xmodule=fbdev - uses bdev module.
xmodule=i810 - uses i810 sound module (intel compatible).
xmodule=mga - uses mga module.
xmodule=nv - uses NVidia module.
xmodule=radeon - uses Radeon module.
xmodule=savage - uses Savage module.
xmodule=s3 - uses SiS module.
xmodule=svga - uses SVGA module.
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IDE is, unlike SCSI, commonly used in most desktop workstations.
To circumvent some hardware problems that occur with IDE systems, use the
kernel parameter:
ide=nodma -- switch off dma for IDE drives
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For debugging translucency, a number of options are available:
blocktrans=yes -- Don't load translucency
nowhiteout=on -- Prevents you from removing existing files using translucency
normaloverlay=on -- Use the older method of overlaying,
which works on a per-directory basis
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Sometimes your Morphix Live CD doesn't work exactly as hoped
for. Here are a few options in order of usefulness:
failsafe -- Try to use conservative defaults
vga=normal -- Don't use the framebuffer, disables bootsplash
xmodule=vesa -- Load the default X driver, don't autodetect
debugmorphix=on -- Don't reboot the Live CD after exiting, open a shell
debugmorphix=miniroot -- Miniroot debugging
blocktrans=yes -- Don't load translucency
nowhiteout=on -- Prevents you from removing existing files using translucency
normaloverlay=on -- Use the older method of overlaying, which works on a per-directory basis
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We're currently working on a number of methods for installing. These
settings are mainmodule-specific, so they only work on Morphix Live
CDs which support these settings.
autoinstall=cl -- Start with the command-line installer, prompting for details if no free space is available
autoinstall=gui -- Start with the interactive graphical installer
autoinstall=auto -- Commandline installer, wipe out everything, don't prompt the user, fully automatic
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Boot from a USB device. Support for this type of booting depends
largely on the version of the Morphix base module, YMMV.
usbboot=on -- Boot from the first USB device
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Modify the default hostname, which is "Morphix"
hostname=mybox -- Set the hostname to "mybox"
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Modify the default username, which is "morph"
username=mymorph -- Set the username to "mymorph"
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Use the hardware clock as the GMT time
gmt
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