Brian wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Press Down-Arrow to "Help". Observe the help message, "Display help > > screens; type 'menu' at the boot prompt to return to this menu." > > Press ENTER to select it. Press F3 to select "Boot methods for > > special ways of using this netboot image". Observe that at the bottom > > of the screen is "Press F2 through F10 for details, or ENTER to boot: > > _" and it is sitting at a command line. You can type in a full > > command line manually. The help hint says that two > > boot methods are available: > > > > install > > Start the installation -- this is the default netboot image install. > > expert > > Start the installation in expert mode, for maximum control. > > > > So ENTER will default to "install". Typing in "expert" will default > > to the expert install. Probably set up as an alias expansion > > internally. > > You were very, very close to a solution when you wrote this. "auto" is a > boot method like "install" and "expert". All three are labels in the > syslinux configuration of Squeeze and Wheezy for booting a kernel and > appending parameters.
Aha! That explains that very nicely! All of the pieces fall into place. > install, expert and auto need to be given at a *boot prompt*. On > Squeeze and Wheezy pressing TAB gives the kernel command line, not a > boot prompt. Entering the Help menu does get you a boot prompt. Yes! That makes perfect sense now. And given how much we have dug through the manual I really sympathize with people less familiar with it and trying to make sense of it. > The auto mode documentation goes back to the time of Etch. The splash > screen at the time displayed only a boot prompt. I am very often reminded that knowing the history of things arrived and evolved to the present condition makes understanding it a lot easier. Thank you very much for throwing in this very last tidbit. Bob
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