Puppy Boot Parameters: PuppyLinux

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Puppy Boot Parameters

Here is a list of the parameters/arguments you can set, note these don't apply to early versions of Puppy especially pre Puppy2.

Specifies the subdirectory in which the kernel is located in on the boot partition. If not specified init will look in / and /boot , I'm not sure which order. As of puppy 3.00 this parameter also restricts the boot search for existing pup_save files only pup_saves inside this directory will used. This can be used to allow multiple puppy installation on the same partition to be used without risk of using the wrong one in error. example: psubdir=boot/puppy216

Pmedia

Not specifying this should automatically detect the boot media. Manually specify the boot media and interface using one of the following: usbflash usbhd usbcd ideflash idehd idecd idezip satahd satacd scsihd. This would be where USB, IDE, SATA, SCSI are the accepted interfaces and flash memory, hard drive, CD/DVD drive, ZIP drive are the accepted drives, e.g. PMEDIA=idehd.

(Applies to Puppy 2x and later).

Pdev

Pfix

pfix=ram will run Puppy totally in RAM and ignore saved sessions/storage file(s)

pfix=<n> where <n> is the number of saved sessions to ignore for a multisession-CD

pfix=rdsh will exit to initial ramdisk commandline (do not pivot_root)

pfix=usbcard for booting from USB flash drive via USB 2.0 to PCMCIA adapter

pfix=clean will force a simulated version upgrade (for Puppy 2.13 and later)

pfix=purge will force an even more radical file cleanup (to fix broken system) (for Puppy 2.14 and later)

pfix=#debug may help with debugging

pfix=copy or nocopy controls if main sfs file is loaded (copied) to RAM

If using multiple pfix options, separate them with a comma, e.g. pfix=rdsh,usbcard

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