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Boot parameters are typed as a command line in the boot loader, before the Linux kernel is loaded. You will see these options when you boot the ttylinux CD-ROM. The vga=<mode> and modules=<module>[,<module>] boot parameters are not used by i486 ttylinux.
console=<ttyS*> ........... Use serial dev <ttyS*> for console login. The
kernel will use it for console output and ttylinux
will also put a getty login on it.
For <ttyS*> use one of ttyS0, ttyS1, ttyS2 or ttyS3.
vga=<mode> ................ Use VESA frame buffer with <mode>. Try vga=ask
to get a list of modes support by the kernel.
vga=0x301 640x480 8-bit | vga=0x161 1152x864 8-bit
vga=0x311 640x480 16-bit | vga=0x163 1152x864 16-bit
vga=0x303 800x600 8-bit | vga=0x307 1280x1024 8-bit
vga=0x313 800x600 16-bit | vga=0x31A 1280x1024 16-bit
vga=0x305 1024x768 8-bit | vga=0x31C 1600x1200 8-bit
vga=0x317 1024x768 16-bit | vga=0x31E 1600x1200 16-bit
quiet ..................... Don't print a bunch of stuff while booting, but do
show anomalies and errors.
enet ...................... Startup networking for Ethernet interfaces found by
the kernel. DHCP is used. Any started interface will
be eth0, eth1, eth2 or eth3.
nofsck .................... Do not run fsck on any file systems.
nosshd .................... Do not start sshd or make ssh keys; recommended for
any CPU slower than 1 Ghz. A script that makes the
ssh keys will be left in the /root directory.
modules=<module>[,<module>] ... Load specific kernel module(s) named <module>.
Use this to load your sound card module, or
secure digital module (sdhci_pci if on
the PCI bus), etc.
hwclock=(local|utc) ....... The hardware (CMOS) clock keeps local or UCT time.
tz=<timezone> ............. Set timezone to <timezone> by setting the TZ
environment variable. Example: tz=GMT-8 See the
following URL for a complete description of TZ.
http://www.gnu.org/s/libc/manual/html_node/TZ-Variable.html#TZ-Variable
host=<name.domain.tld> .... Set the hostname to <name.domain.tld>, which by
this example is a Fully Qualified Domain Name. You
can use a simple <name>.
login=<tty*,tty*,...> ..... Allow login on devices e.g., ttyS1, etc. Embedded
system might use this to put a getty login(s) on a
serial port(s).
nologin=<tty*,tty*,...> ... Disallow login on devices e.g., tty1, tty2, etc.
Embedded system might use this to prevent a getty
login(s) on a virtual console(s).
If you've installed ttylinux and are using lilo, or some other boot loader, ttylinux will still use these boot options even if the boot loader does not show them.