The U-Boot Menu system is easier to use than the console mode. It allows you to define settings, display information about your system, which disk you want to boot from, etc.
U-Boot Menu Usage
The following usage information applies to all U-Boot Boot Menus.
- The parameter to be modified (or selected) is highlighted by a green bar.
- To move to the value you want to modify (or select), use the up/down arrow keys.
- Press <Enter> to change (or select) it. In case of a changeable setting, you'll then be able to select a different value from a drop down menu, or to enter some text to modify a text based setting.
- Everywhere in the menus, <Enter> is used to select/modify and <Esc> is used to quit/cancel.
The preferences menu is used to permanently change any of the boot settings and is invoked by pressing any key other than <Enter> while the U-Boot Menudelay panel is in countdown mode.
| Video Options | Specifies whether the first PCI slot or the AGP slot is to be used for the graphics card. |
| Integrated Peripherals | Specifies the settings for the integrated peripherals, such as the serial port, parallel port, USB ports, and IDE devices. |
| Memory | Specifies memory limits and whether they are enforced. |
| Boot Sequence | Specifies the various boot parameters for AmigaOS and Linux. |
| PCI/AGP | Specifies the IRQ level and trigger values for the PCI Interrupts, as well as configuring the AGP Bridge. |
| System Information | Displays information about the system. |
| Default/Fix Settings | Restores setting to factory defaults or recovers lost settings. |
| Diagnostics | Run self tests and system diagnostic routines to check parameters etc. |
U-Boot Preferences Menu
- Exit Options
To exit from the U-Boot Preferences Menu simply press <Esc>. This will result in a small
popup window appearing from where you can select how you want to exit, and what you want to
happen next.
- Save settings and exit can be used to save the modified configuration before resuming the boot process.
- Use settings for this session only can be used to retain any changes that you have made and resume the boot process without saving the changes.
- Leave without saving can be used to abort any changes that you have made and resume the boot process using the saved configuration.
- Return to menu can be used to return to the U-Boot Preference Menu (same as pressing <Esc>).
- Abort boot and enter U-Boot shell can be used to abort any changes that you have made and invoke the U-Boot Console Display instead.