Installation guide

Do not load the VGA16 framebuffer required for doing text-mode installation in some
languages.
nofirewire
Do not load support for firewire devices.
noipv6
Disable IPv6 networking during installation.
This option is not available during PXE installations
During installations from a PXE server, IPv6 networking might become active before
an aco n d a processes the Kickstart file. If so, this option will have no effect during
installation.
nomount
Don't automatically mount any installed Linux partitions in rescue mode.
nonet
Do not auto-probe network devices.
noparport
Do not attempt to load support for parallel ports.
nopass
Don't pass keyboard/mouse info to stage 2 installer, good for testing keyboard and mouse
config screens in stage2 installer during network installs.
nopcmcia
Ignore PCMCIA controller in system.
noprobe
Do not attempt to detect hw, prompts user instead.
noshell
Do not put a shell on tty2 during install.
nostorage
Do not auto-probe storage devices (SCSI, IDE, RAID).
nousb
Do not load USB support (helps if install hangs early sometimes).
nousbstorage
Do not load usbstorage module in loader. May help with device ordering on SCSI systems.
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