How to edit your kernel boot parameters on Linux | Linux Today

How to edit your kernel boot parameters on Linux

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Bill Toulas
Jul 3, 2015

Changing or editing your kernel boot parameters is very important when you want to fix an issue that causes errors during boot, or test a new feature, activate a different driver, or disable a feature on your system. These parameters are stored as text, in the boot loader’s configuration file which the kernel parses during the init process.

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