@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ If NixOS fails to boot, there are a number of kernel command line parameters tha
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3131: Make systemd very verbose and send log messages to the console instead of the journal. For more parameters recognised by systemd, see systemd(1).
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33+In addition, these arguments are recognised by the live image only:
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35+`live.nixos.passwd=password`
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37+: Set the password for the `nixos` live user. This can be used for SSH access if there are issues using the terminal.
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3339Notice that for `boot.shell_on_fail`, `boot.debug1`, `boot.debug1devices`, and `boot.debug1mounts`, if you did **not** select "start the new shell as pid 1", and you `exit` from the new shell, boot will proceed normally from the point where it failed, as if you'd chosen "ignore the error and continue".
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3541If no login prompts or X11 login screens appear (e.g. due to hanging dependencies), you can press Alt+ArrowUp. If you’re lucky, this will start rescue mode (described above). (Also note that since most units have a 90-second timeout before systemd gives up on them, the `agetty` login prompts should appear eventually unless something is very wrong.)