How to specify maxroot in a simpler way..

[debolaz]

After extensive googling, I've been unable to figure out how to specify an alternate maxroot setting other than retyping the whole boot parameter list at the boot prompt. Ie:

boot: linux26 vga=791 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr ramdisk_size=16777216 initrd=initrd.img rw quiet splash=silent maxroot=20

I'm almost certain there's an easier way of adding the maxroot parameter to the end of the list without having to retype the entire thing, as it seems rather absurd that it wouldn't; However, googling for several days I've been unable to dig up any information on just exactly how, so I figured I'll start asking on forums now, starting here (Since it's proxmox I need this for).

So, what's the "proper" way of adding a parameter to the boot process without replacing the predefined ones?

 

[dietmar]

Please try the following:

boot: linux maxroot=20

 

[arthurhugo]

You can also specify the swapsize:

boot: linux maxroot=20 swapsize=8

 

[debolaz]

Please try the following:

boot: linux maxroot=20

I kind of suspected there would be a fairly simple solution, but I can promise you I searched hard without finding it. €50 donated to the project.

 

[dietmar]

many thanks!

 

[maurizio.omissoni]

nice, you can specify root and swap, what's about pve-data? i urgently need a big free partition on the same disk. is this possible without installing debian in advance like tom suggested?

 

[tom]

after installation (manually) - see LVM2 documentation.