Question on quieting kernel boot

Dag-ErlingSmørgrav des at des.no
Wed Jan 14 06:23:05 PST 2004


"Rob MacGregor" <rob_macgregor at hotmail.com> writes:
> I take it that's the "-m" (mute the console) and "-v" (verbose)
> options?  Where can I find details on exactly what these do?

I don't know what -m does, but -v is what I was thinking of.  It sets
a variable in the kernel (bootverbose).  Parts of the kernel will
print additional information at boot time (and sometimes also at run
time) if bootverbose is non-zero.

DES
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