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select at boot time to boot that image. Here are some of the options that you can add to each of
those image definitions:
lock??”This enables automatic recording of boot command lines as the defaults for
different boot options.
alias=name??”You can replace name with any name. That name becomes an alias for
the image name defined in the label option.
password=password??”You can password-protect all images by adding a password
option line and replacing password with your own password. The password would
have to be entered to boot any of the images.
restricted??”This option is used with the password option. It indicates that a password
should be used only if command-line options are given when trying to boot the image.
For Linux kernel images, there are specific options that you can use. These options let you deal
with hardware issues that can??™t be autodetected, or provide information such as how the root file
system is mounted. Here are some of the kernel image-specific options:
append??”Add a string of letters and numbers to this option that need to be passed
to the kernel.
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