FC2 & 3 Install command line options?

[Paul Howarth]

On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 22:21 -0500, billpwl1 wrote:
> Is there a document on the install CD's or on the web, for FC 2 or 3 
> that lists ALL of the install command line options such as 'nofb', 
> 'nodma',

Not that I know of. Try searching for "kernel parameters".

> and specifically how to specify a specific driver to use for 
> SCSI controllers that aren't recognized?

You'd do this by using a driver disk.

> I have googled around and searched the CD's and haven't located a 
> comprehensive list that might give me other options to try when the 
> install boot process hangs.
> 
> I don't have bleeding edge hardware, but Adaptec PCI SCSI controllers 
> aren't exactly legacy hardware to be put out to pasture yet either.
> 
> The install screen shows linux dd as an option 'if you have driver 
> disks', but no documentation as where to obtain or how to create said 
> driver disks.

There is precious little information around on creating driver disks for
Fedora. What little there is is for Red Hat 7.x driver disks, which are
slightly different. I've built my own driver disk for my Advansys SCSI
card and I also know of a driver disk for the "old" megaraid driver, but
I haven't got round to documenting the process yet because I'm trying to
get my head round using docbook, which is not a quick thing to learn.

BTW, FC2 doesn't work with driver disks. See
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=122952

Paul.
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Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org>