kernel-command-line systemd Developer Lennart Poettering lennart@poettering.net kernel-command-line 7 kernel-command-line Kernel Command Line Paramaters /proc/cmdline Description The kernel, the initial RAM disk (initrd) and basic userspace functionality may be configured at boot via kernel command line arguments. For command line parameters understood by the kernel please see kernel-parameters.txt. For command line paramaters understood by the initial RAM disk, please see dracut.cmdline7. Core OS Command Line Arguments systemd.unit= rd.systemd.unit= systemd.dump_core= systemd.crash_shell= systemd.crash_chvt= systemd.confirm_spawn= systemd.show_status= systemd.sysv_console= systemd.log_target= systemd.log_level= systemd.log_color= systemd.log_location= systemd.default_standard_output= systemd.default_standard_error= systemd.setenv= Parameters understood by the system and service manager to control system behaviour. For details see systemd1. quiet Parameters understood by both the kernel and the system and service manager to control console log verbosity. For details see systemd1. emergency single s S 1 2 3 4 5 Parameters understood by the system and service manager, as compatibility options. For details see systemd1. locale.LANG= locale.LANGUAGE= locale.LC_CTYPE= locale.LC_NUMERIC= locale.LC_TIME= locale.LC_COLLATE= locale.LC_MONETARY= locale.LC_MESSAGES= locale.LC_PAPER= locale.LC_NAME= locale.LC_ADDRESS= locale.LC_TELEPHONE= locale.LC_MEASUREMENT= locale.LC_IDENTIFICATION= Parameters understood by the system and service manager to control locale and language settings. For details see systemd1. fsck.mode= Parameters understood by the file system checker services. For details see fsck-root.service8. quotacheck.mode= Parameters understood by the file quota checker service. For details see quotacheck.service8. systemd.journald.forward_to_syslog= systemd.journald.forward_to_kmsg= systemd.journald.forward_to_console= Parameters understood by the journal service. For details see systemd-journald.service8. vconsole.keymap= vconsole.keymap.toggle= vconsole.font= vconsole.font.map= vconsole.font.unimap= Parameters understood by the virtual console setup logic. For details see systemd-vconsole-setup.service8. udev.log-priority= udev.children-max= udev.udev.exec-delay= rd.udev.log-priority= rd.udev.children-max= rd.udev.udev.exec-delay= Parameters understood by the device event managing daemon. For details see systemd-udevd8. See Also systemd1, dracut.cmdline7, fsck-root.service8, quotacheck.service8, systemd-journald.service8, systemd-vconsole-setup.service8, systemd-udevd8