---
name: "emile-set-cmdline"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "emile"
version: "0.10-1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/emile-set-cmdline"
---

# emile-set-cmdline(8)

sets the kernel command line for the emile bootloader

## NAME

emile-set-cmdline — sets the kernel command line for the   **emile** bootloader

## SYNOPSIS

**emile-set-cmdline** \[image\]  \[cmdline\]

**emile-set-cmdline** \[-r\]  \[image\]

## DESCRIPTION

**emile-set-cmdline** sets the kernel command line   to cmdline for a **emile**   bootloader disk image, floppy disk device (/dev/fd0),   or the second level file.  Executing with "-r" flag,   displays the current command line.

## OPTIONS

- **-h** **--help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-r**

  Display current kernel command line.

## EXAMPLES

To set root filesystem on disk 1 partition 4:

**emile-set-cmdline** floppy.img "root=/dev/sda4"

To set root filesystem on ramdisk:

**emile-set-cmdline** floppy.img "root=/dev/ramdisk ramdisk\_size=2048"

To set root filesystem on NFS:

**emile-set-cmdline** floppy.img "root=/dev/nfs ip=dhcp nfsroot=192.168.100.1:/tftboot/192.168.100.51"

## WARNING

!!! USE WITH CAUTION AND AT YOUR OWN RISK !!!

## SEE ALSO

[emile(8)](/emile/8.md), [emile-install(8)](/emile-install/8.md), [emile-first-tune(8)](/emile-first-tune/8.md),   [emile-map-set(8)](/emile-map-set/8.md), [emile-set-output(8)](/emile-set-output/8.md).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Stephen R. Marenka \<stephen@marenka.net\> for  the **Debian GNU/Linux** system (but may be used by others).  Permission is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under  the terms of the GNU GPL License, Version 2   or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public  License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.