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Is it possible to pass kernel parameters in the LILO boot prompt?

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You can: type the parameters after the entry. In your case, would be Linux + the parameters (e.g. Linux root=/dev/sda1).

To show:

passing foo=bar to kernel

gives

foo=bar at /proc/cmdline

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