What is "rhgb" on the grub, kernel line?

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Do, den 27.05.2004 schrieb Christopher Stone um 08:28:

> > For Fedora2 (and 1?) grub starts Linux with an argument of
> > 
> >     rhgb quiet
> 
> kernel parameters are described in
> /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.6.5/kernel-parameters.txt if you have the
> kernel-doc rpm installed.
> 
> rhgb is a redhat specific option to enable the redhat graphical boot
> facility, see the rhgb rpm for more details.

These non kernel parameters but Fedora specific calls are checked during
bootup by /etc/rc.sysinit. Investigate that init script if you find out
more about them. Some time ago someone posted a list of valid commands.
You will find the mail in the list archive.

Alexander


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