CHEATCODES AND HINTS FOR INSERT v1.3.9b ============================================================================== (last update: 01/30/2007) These options (can be combined) work from the ISOLINUX bootprompt: insert lang=be|ch|da|dk|en|es|pt|uk|us specify language/keyboard insert toram Copy INSERT to RAM and run from there insert xsetup Start xsetup.sh to configure graphics insert 2 Runlevel 2, Textmode only insert proxy=IP:Port Proxy Host:Port setzen puser=joepublic Proxy-Benutzer setzen pport=passwort Proxy-Passwort setzen insert keyboard=en xkeyboard=en Use different keyboard (text/X) insert floppyconfig Run "insert.sh" from a floppy insert myconf=/dev/sda1 Run "insert.sh" from a partition insert myconf=scan (or config=scan) Try to find "insert.sh" automatically insert home=/dev/sda1/insert.img Mount loopback file as /home/insert insert home=scan Automatic search for insert homedir insert no{apic,agp,apm,dma} Skip parts of HW-detection (1) insert no{firewire,pcmcia,scsi} Skip parts of HW-detection (2) insert no{swap,usb} Skip parts of HW-detection (3) insert usb2no Don't load the USB2 host driver insert usb1no Don't load the USB1 host drivers insert usbub Use ub kernel module (slow, more devices) failsafe Boot with (almost) no HW-detection insert pci=irqmask=0x0e98 Try this, if PS/2 mouse doesn't work *) insert pci=bios Workaround for bad PCI controllers insert ide2=0x180 nopcmcia Boot from PCMCIA-CD-Rom (some notebooks) insert mem=128M Specify Memory size in MByte insert noeject Do NOT eject CD after halt insert noprompt Do NOT prompt to remove the CD insert vga=normal No-framebuffer mode, but X insert blind Start Braille-Terminal (no X) insert brltty=type,port,table Parameters for Braille device insert tohd=/dev/hda1 Copy CD to HD partition and run from there insert fromhd=/dev/hda1 Boot from previously copied CD-Image insert testcd Check CD data integrity and md5sums expert Interactive setup for experts Hint: Using the default DE-bootimage, ISOLINUX boots with german keyboard layout. The '=' letter is located at Shift-0 on this keyboard (just in case you want to change keyboard and language with lang=us). Vice versa, if you're using the EN-bootimage and a German keyboard, you will find the letter "=" on the key "ยด". *) Try "insert pci=irqmask=0x0e98" if (you have a notebook and) your PS/2 mouse doesn't work. (Possibly caused by a BIOS-flaw on your board, BIOS updates can help.) Sometimes, switching to the text console with Control-Alt-F1 and back to the X-screen with Control-F5 solves the problem without rebooting, since the X server reinitializes the mouse driver during that procedure. If your insert CD makes strange noises during boot, or you see frequent errors like "cloop: read error", or programs on your desktop keep crashing randomly, then your CD image is probably defective or incomplete, or your CD-burner created a defective CD due to wrong writing speed or bad media. This is the most common error reported. Please boot with "insert testcd" to check if the CD is OK, and/or even better, verify the MD5 checksums that are present on the mirrors before writing the CD. In some cases, defective IDE controllers cause this error if you have DMA enabled. Also, please read the INSERT-FAQ. In case of a failing hardware autodetection, try booting with any of the "no-" options as shown in the table above, like in insert noagp noaudio noddc noapm noapic nodma nopcmcia noscsi nousb to skip some critical parts of the autodetection system. The "noswap" option is useful for a forensic analysis without touching existing swap partitions. Some Boards apparently don't pass the proper memory size to the linux kernel. It may cause the message "Panic: cannot mount root file system" and the system hangs. Use "insert mem=128M" to solve that problem if your system has 128MByte memory for example (caution: you MUST use a capital "M" here). The "expert" mode provides a very simple interface to loading additional Kernel modules from floppy disks (ext2 or vfat), plus interactive configuration. "expert" mode supports the same boot options as "insert". The "floppyconfig" or "(my)config=/dev/partition" options allow you to reconfigure the system after autoconfiguration by running a bourne shell script called "insert.sh" from the root directory on the given device (or floppy). There is a GUI to create such a configuration floppy disk calles "saveconfig" (also located in the menu under "INSERT", but experts also know how to do this by creating their own shellscripts. From Version 1.2 and up, a file called "insert.sh", if located in the toplevel INSERT directory on CD, will also be executed at startup. This makes ist easier to create customized versions without having to change anything on the compressed filesystem INSERT/INSERT. If your BIOS does not support el-torito booting from CD, you can create a bootable floppy disk by issuing (on Linux) dd if=/cdrom/INSERT/boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=18k or, in case of DOS, use the rawrite.exe program provided in the INSERT directory on CD. If you wish to remaster the CD, please don't forget to specify -b INSERT/boot.img for the german version of the bootfloppy, or -b INSERT/boot-en.img for the english version, as option to mkisofs. Otherwise your CD won't be bootable. The directory INSERT, containig the compressed filesystem file "INSERT", must be located in the top level directory of the CD. Use "insert 2" to boot into runlevel 2 (textmode only) and, after changing the X configuration with Xsetup.sh, start the X environment with "init 5". Note that you can always leave the graphical environment with "init 2", and restart it later with "init 5".