systemd Developer Lennart Poettering lennart@poettering.net kernel-command-line 7 kernel-command-line Kernel Command Line Parameters /proc/cmdline 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. 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 Parameter 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= Parameter understood by the file system checker services. For details see fsck-root.service8. quotacheck.mode= Parameter 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= rd.udev.log-priority= udev.children-max= rd.udev.children-max= udev.exec-delay= rd.udev.exec-delay= Parameters understood by the device event managing daemon. For details see systemd-udevd8. plymouth.enable= May be used to disable the Plymouth boot splash. For details see plymouth8. luks= rd.luks= luks.crypttab= rd.luks.crypttab= luks.uuid= rd.luks.uuid= Configures the LUKS full-disk encryption logic at boot. For details see systemd-cryptsetup-generator8. fstab= rd.fstab= Configures the /etc/fstab logic at boot. For details see systemd-fstab-generator8. driver= rd.driver= Load a specific kernel boot early at boot. For details see systemd-modules-load.service8. systemd1, dracut.cmdline7, fsck-root.service8, quotacheck.service8, systemd-journald.service8, systemd-vconsole-setup.service8, systemd-udevd8, plymouth8, cryptsetup@.service8