pmedia=<atahd|ataflash|usbhd|usbflash|cd>
Indicates the type of boot
device. This boot parameter should always be provided.
If it's "cd" then the partitions are searched for a save layer file, the only situation that triggers such a search.
If the first 3 characters are "usb", then
any searching is restricted to only usb devices.
If
the last 5 characters are "flash" the top layer in the stack remains
the tmpfs in memory, otherwise any found save layer becomes the top
layer in the stack.
psubdir=</path/to/install/directory>
This is the default path for locating any puppy file and any partition.
If the Puppy files are not in the root
of a partition, but in a sub-directory, the path of this directory,
relative to the partition root, must be specified with this parameter.
For example, iIf the sdb2 partition is mounted as /mnt/sdb2 and the
Puppy files are in /mnt/sdb2/tahr64, then "psubdir=tahr64" or
"psubdir=/tahr64" must be specified. This
parameter can specify subdirectories at more that a single level, e.g.
"psubdir=puppy/tahr64" or "psubdir=/puppy/tahr64". If a leading "/" is
not provided, init will add it.
punionfs=<aufs|overlay>
Overrides the union file system choice. The default is aufs, if the kernel is built with aufs support. Use
with care, as aufs and overlay are incompatible with each other. To
switch from aufs to overlay or vice versa, start with a fresh save layer
(pfix=ram).
pupsfs=<partition>
Specifies the puppy.sfs partition
zdrv=<partition>
Specifies the zdrv.sfs partition
fdrv=<partition>
Specifies the fdrv.sfs partition
adrv=<partition>
Specifies the adrv.sfs partition
ydrv=<partition>
Specifies the ydrv.sfs partition
psave=<partition>
Specifies the save layer partition
Where <partition> can be the name e.g. sdb2, or a label e.g. Work, or a uuid, e.g. 0db94719-cdf1-44b7-9766-23db62fb85a5
Specifying psave=<partition> can
be quite useful in directing all save layers to a different partition.
e.g. If your puppies reside on an ntfs partition, then you can get yourself a savefolder by creating a Linux partition on a usb stick or hd, and
then specifying a psave=<the uuid of the Linux partition> boot
parameter. If you forget to plug in the appropriate device, Puppy will
simply do a first boot, no harm done, just insert the appropriate usb device and reboot.
e.g. adrv=sdd6
e.g. psave=Work
e.g. pupsfs=0db94719-cdf1-44b7-9766-23db62fb85a5
pupsfs=<partition>:<path>/<filename>
Specifies the puppy.sfs file.
zdrv=<partition>:<path>/<filename>
Specifies the zdrv.sfs file.
fdrv=<partition>:<path>/<filename>
Specifies the fdrv.sfs file.
adrv=<partition>:<path>/<filename>
Specifies the adrv.sfs file.
ydrv=<partition>:<path>/<filename>
Specifies the ydrv.sfs file.
psave=<partition>:<path>/<filename>
Specifies the save layer file.
Where <partition> can be the name e.g. sdb2, or a label e.g. Work, or a uuid e.g. 0db94719-cdf1-44b7-9766-23db62fb85a5. When a label or uuid is used, only the beginning is required, enough to be unique on your system, e.g. "pupsfs=0db94719-cdf1"
Where <path> is the sub-directory within the partition, e.g. "pupsfs=sdb2:/path/to/" or "psave=:/path/to/". Any specified <path> is relative to the root of the partition, the same as "psubdir=". If <path> does not start with a "/" then a "/" is prepended to it. If no <path> is specified, the directory defined by "psubdir=" is used.
Where <filename> is just a filename, e.g. "pupsfs=sdb2:/path/to/my-improved-puppy.sfs" or "psave=sdc2:my-improved-savefolder" If no <filename> is specified the default filename, as determined by the DISTRO_SPECS file, is used.
For the purposes of the "psave=" specification a savefolder is considered to be just a file. The <path> specification defines the directory containing the savefolder, and the <filename> specification defines it's name. So, "psave=sdb4:/lxpupsc/mysave" says that the savefolder is on the sdb4 partition in the "/lxpupsc" directory, named "mysave". Whereas "psave=sdb4:/lxpupsc/mysave/" says that the savefolder is on the sdb4 partition in the "/lxpupsc/mysave" directory, with the default savefolder name for the puppy.
It is not necessary to specify all elements, but if there is no ":" it is assumed to be a <partition> specification. e.g. "pupsfs=sdb2", specifies that the puppy.sfs file is on sdb2 in the default path with the default filename. "fdrv=:alternate-firmware.sfs", specifies that it's a file called alternate-firmware.sfs on the default partition in the default directory i.e. where the puppy.sfs is located.
It is recommended that a pupsfs=<partition> always be specified. This enables init to go straight to that partition to find the Puppy files instead of searching through all partitions looking for puppy.sfs.
e.g. psave=sdc1:/path/to/tahrsave.4fs
e.g. psave=sdc1:tahrsave.4fs
e.g. zdrv=sdc1:/zz/myzz.sfs
e.g. adrv=sdd6:/puppy/drvs/custom/adrv.sfs
e.g. pupsfs=sdb2:/puppy/precise/puppy_precise_5.7.1.sfs
pkeys=<keyboard layout specification>
For example: de
Used to setup the keyboard layout to be used by Puppy.
plang=<language specification>
For example: de_DE.UTF-8
Specifies the language to be used by Puppy, including any messages displayed by init. If no pkeys parameter is provided the first 2 letters of this specification are used to set the keyboard layout.
pimod=<, separated list of kernel module names>
On some computers the keyboard requires a kernel module to be loaded before they will work. The normal loading of kernel modules does not happen until after init has finished. But sometimes init needs to request input from the user via the keyboard. Specifying kernel modules in this parameter will cause init to load them before any possible keyboard interaction.
pfix=<ram, nox, nocopy, fsck, fsckp, rdsh, <number>>
The pfix parameter is a ',' separated list of 1 or more of the above sub-parameters.
ram: run in ram only (do not load ${DISTRO_FILE_PREFIX}save).
nox: do not start X.
copy: copy .sfs files into ram
nocopy: do not copy .sfs files into ram (default is copy if ram > 1024 MB, while free ramdisk space is >= 64 MB).
fsck: do fsck of ${DISTRO_FILE_PREFIX}save.?fs file.
fsckp: do fsck before first mount of supported partitions.
rdsh: exit to shell in initial ramdisk.
<number>: blacklist last <number> folders (multisession). e.g. pfix=3