Plymouth fails to accept boot parameters when there are more than 512 characters

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Plymouth fails to accept boot parameters when there are more than 512 characters.
  • The following parameters do not work when they are out of the first 512-byte of the boot parameter.

    • rhgb
    • splash
    • any parameters start with "console="
    • any parameters start with "plymouth:"

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Plymouth

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