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knoppix lang=cn Specify language/keyboard (cn,de,da,es,fr,it,nl,pl,ru,sk,tr,tw or us) knoppix alsa (or alsa=es1938) Use ALSA sound driver (at your own risk) knoppix desktop=fluxbox Specify Window Manager (fluxbox,icewm,kde,larswm,twm,wmaker or xfce) knoppix screen=1280x1024 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 Use specified X-Server ( XFree86 or XF86_SVGA ) knoppix xmodule=ati Use specified XFree4-Module (ati,fbdev,i810,mga,nv,radeon,savage,s3 or svga) knoppix 2 Boot in runlevel 2 (Textmode) 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=/dev/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{firewire,pcmcia,scsi} Skip parts of HW-detection (2) knoppix no{swap,usb} Skip parts of HW-detection (3) failsafe Boot with (almost) no HW-detection knoppix pci=irqmask=0x0e98 Try this, if PS/2 mouse doesn't work *) knoppix pci=bios Workaround for bad PCI controllers knoppix ide2=0x180 nopcmcia Boot from PCMCIA-CD-Rom (some notebooks) knoppix mem=128M Specify Memory size in MByte knoppix dma Enable DMA 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 fb1280x1024 Use fixed framebuffer graphics (1) fb1024x768 Use fixed framebuffer graphics (2) fb800x600 Use fixed framebuffer graphics (3) knoppix keyboard=us xkeyboard=us Use different keyboard (text/X) knoppix splash Boot with fancy background splashscreen knoppix toram Copy CD to RAM and run from there knoppix tohd=/dev/hda1 Copy CD to HD partition and run there knoppix fromhd=/dev/hda1 Boot from previously copied CD-Image knoppix fromhd=/dev/sr0 Force booting from CD for fresh install in case of present Flash-installation on HD knoppix testcd Check CD data integrity and md5sums expert Interactive setup for experts