Knoppix Cheatcodes
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Knoppix Cheatcodes Here is a complete list of almost every available Cheatcode option for KNOPPIX. Cheatcodes enable you to modify the boot parameters and are used to pass options to KNOPPIX which help get it working on difficult hardware. Any of the Cheatcodes in the following list, can be combined to work at boot from the SYSLINUX bootprompt:
Cheatcode Usage Example: knoppix lang=de desktop=gnome
Knoppix Cheatcodes and their functions:
knoppix lang=ch|cn|de|da|es|fr|it
specify language/keyboard
knoppix lang=nl|pl|ru|sk|tr|tw|us
specify language/keyboard
knoppix gmt
Use GMT-based time
knoppix tz=Europe/Berlin
Use this timezone for TZ
knoppix desktop=fluxbox|gnome|icewm
Use specified WM instead of KDE (1)
knoppix desktop=kde|lg3d|larswm
Use specified WM instead of KDE (2)
knoppix desktop=openbox|twm
Use specified WM instead of KDE (3)
knoppix desktop=wmaker|xfce|xfce4
Use specified WM instead of KDE (4)
knoppix screen=1280×1024
Use specified Screen resolution for X
knoppix xvrefresh=60 (or vsync=60)
Use 60 Hz vertical refresh rate for X
knoppix xhrefresh=80 (or hsync=80)
Use 80 kHz horizontal refresh rate for X
knoppix xserver=XFree86|XF86_SVGA
Use specified X-Server
knoppix xmodule=ati|fbdev|i810|mga
Use specified XFree4-Module (1)
knoppix xmodule=nv|radeon|savage|s3
Use specified XFree4-Module (2)
knoppix xmodule=radeon|svga|i810
Use specified XFree4-Module (3)
knoppix 2
Runlevel 2, Textmode only
knoppix floppyconfig
Run "knoppix.sh" from a floppy
knoppix myconf=/dev/sda1
Run "knoppix.sh" from a partition
knoppix myconf=scan (or config=scan)
Try to find "knoppix.sh" automatically
knoppix home=/mnt/sda1/knoppix.img
Mount loopback file as /home/knoppix
knoppix home=scan
Automatic search for knoppix homedir
knoppix no{apic,agp,apm,audio,ddc}
Skip parts of HW-detection (1)
knoppix no{dhcp,fstab,firewire}
Skip parts of HW-detection (2)
knoppix no{pcmcia,scsi,swap,udev}
Skip parts of HW-detection (3)
knoppix nousb
Skip parts of HW-detection (4)
knoppix nousb2
Disable USB 2.x extension
knoppix noideraid
Disable IDE-Raiddisk detection
knoppix pnpbios=off
No PnP Bios initialization
knoppix acpi=off
Disable ACPI Bios completely
knoppix acpi=force
FORCE ACPI Bios initialization
failsafe
Boot with (almost) no HW-detection
knoppix pci=irqmask=0×0e98
Try this, if PS/2 mouse doesn't work *)
knoppix pci=bios
Workaround for bad PCI controllers
knoppix ide2=0×180 nopcmcia
Boot from PCMCIA-CD-Rom (some notebooks)
knoppix mem=128M
Specify Memory size in MByte
knoppix dma
Enable DMA accelleration for ALL IDE-Drives
knoppix noeject
Do NOT eject CD after halt
knoppix noprompt
Do NOT prompt to remove the CD
knoppix vga=normal
No-framebuffer mode, but X
knoppix blind
Start Braille-Terminal (no X)
knoppix brltty=type,port,table
Parameters for Braille device
knoppix wheelmouse
Enable IMPS/2 protocol for wheelmice
knoppix nowheelmouse
Force plain PS/2 protocol for PS/2-mouse
fb1280×1024
Use fixed framebuffer graphics (1)
fb1024×768
Use fixed framebuffer graphics (2)
fb800×600
Use fixed framebuffer graphics (3)
knoppix keyboard=us xkeyboard=us
Use different keyboard (text/X)
knoppix splash
Boot with fancy background splashscreen + animations + progress bar
knoppix toram
Copy CD to RAM and run from there
knoppix tohd=/dev/hda1
Copy CD to HD partition and run from there
knoppix fromhd
Skip checking for Knoppix on CD-ROM
knoppix fromhd=/dev/hda1
Boot from previously copied CD-Image
knoppix bootfrom=/dev/hda1
Access Image then boot from previously copied CD-Image (enables booting from NTFS / ReiserFS)
knoppix bootfrom=/dev/hda1/KNX.iso
Access image, boot from ISO-Image
knoppix knoppix_dir=KNOPPIX
Directory to search for on the CD
knoppix knoppix_name=KNOPPIX
Cloop-File to search for on the CD
knoppix testcd
Check CD data integrity and md5sums
expert
Interactive setup for experts
debug
Debug boot process
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