Red Hat ENTREPRISE LINUX 5 Installation Manual page 190

Chapter 15. Additional Boot Options for IBM Power Systems
mpath
enables multipath support.
Important — mandatory for installation on multipath devices
If you install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 on a network storage device accessible
through multiple paths, you must boot the installation process with this option. If you
do not specify this option at boot time, installation will fail, or the system will fail to boot
after installation completes.
nopass
this command disables the passing of keyboard and mouse information to stage 2 of the
installation program. It can be used to test keyboard and mouse configuration screens during
stage 2 of the installation program when performing a network installation.
nopcmcia
this command ignores any PCMCIA controllers in system.
noprobe
this command disables hardware detection and instead prompts the user for hardware information.
noshell
this command disables shell access on virtual console 2 during an installation.
nostorage
this command disables probing for SCSI and RAID storage hardware.
nousb
this command disables the loading of USB support during the installation. If the installation
program tends to hang early in the process, this command may be helpful.
nousbstorage
this command disables the loading of the usbstorage module in the installation program's loader. It
may help with device ordering on SCSI systems.
rescue
this command runs rescue mode. Refer to
information about rescue mode.
resolution=
tells the installation program which video mode to run. it accepts any standard resolution, such as
640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, and so on.
serial
this command turns on serial console support.
text
this command disables the graphical installation program and forces the installation program to
run in text mode.
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