Chapter 5. Booting the Installation System

Table of Contents

5.1. Booting the Installer on PowerPC

5.1.1. Booting from a CD-ROM

5.1.2. Booting from Hard Disk

5.1.3. Booting with TFTP

5.1.4. PowerPC Boot Parameters

5.2. Accessibility

5.2.1. Installer front-end

5.2.2. USB Braille Displays

5.2.3. Serial Braille Displays

5.2.4. Board Devices

5.2.5. High-Contrast Theme

5.2.6. Zoom

5.2.7. Preseeding

5.2.8. Accessibility of the installed system

5.3. Boot Parameters

5.3.1. Boot console

5.3.2. Ubuntu Installer Parameters

5.3.3. Using boot parameters to answer questions

5.3.4. Passing parameters to kernel modules

5.3.5. Blacklisting kernel modules

5.4. Troubleshooting the Installation Process

5.4.1. CD-ROM Reliability

5.4.2. Boot Configuration

5.4.3. Interpreting the Kernel Startup Messages

5.4.4. Reporting Installation Problems

5.4.5. Submitting Installation Reports