Specifications

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3.4 Other Misc. Kernel Boot Arguments...............................................................................................12
The `acpi=' Argument......................................................................................................................12
The `console=' Argument................................................................................................................12
The `debug' Argument.....................................................................................................................12
The `decnet=' Argument..................................................................................................................13
The `devfs=' Argument....................................................................................................................13
The `gpt' Argument.........................................................................................................................13
The `idle=' Argument......................................................................................................................13
The `init=' Argument.......................................................................................................................13
The `isapnp=' Argument..................................................................................................................13
The `isapnp_reserve_dma=' Argument...........................................................................................13
The `isapnp_reserve_io=' Argument...............................................................................................14
The `isapnp_reserve_irq=' Argument..............................................................................................14
The `isapnp_reserve_mem=' Argument..........................................................................................14
The `kbd−reset' Argument...............................................................................................................14
The `lockd.udpport=' and `lockd.tcpport' Argument.......................................................................14
The `maxcpus=' Argument..............................................................................................................14
The `mca−pentium' Argument........................................................................................................14
The `md=' Argument.......................................................................................................................14
The `nmi_watchdog=' Argument....................................................................................................15
The `no387' Argument....................................................................................................................15
The `no−hlt' Argument....................................................................................................................15
The `no−scroll' Argument...............................................................................................................15
The `noapic' Argument....................................................................................................................15
The `noht' Argument.......................................................................................................................15
The `noisapnp' Argument................................................................................................................16
The `nomce' Argument....................................................................................................................16
The `nosmp' Argument....................................................................................................................16
The `noresume' Argument...............................................................................................................16
The `notsc' Argument......................................................................................................................16
The `nofxsr" Argument...................................................................................................................16
The `panic=' Argument....................................................................................................................16
The `pirq=' Argument......................................................................................................................16
The `profile=' Argument..................................................................................................................17
The `quiet' Argument......................................................................................................................17
The `raid=' Argument......................................................................................................................17
The `reboot=' Argument..................................................................................................................17
The `reserve=' Argument.................................................................................................................17
The `resume=' Argument.................................................................................................................18
The `vga=' Argument......................................................................................................................18
4. Boot Arguments to Control PCI Bus Behaviour (`pci=')...................................................................18
4.1 The `pci=assign−busses' Argument.................................................................................................18
4.2 The `pci=bios' and `pci=nobios' Arguments....................................................................................18
4.3 The `pci=conf1' and `pci=conf2' Arguments...................................................................................19
4.4 The `pci=irqmask=' Argument.........................................................................................................19
4.5 The `pci=lastbus=' Argument..........................................................................................................19
4.6 The `pci=noacpi' Argument.............................................................................................................19
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