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Boot Sequence

AmigaOne - U-Boot Prefs Menus - Boot Sequence

Editing Boot Sequence

The fourth parameter "Boot Sequence" is used to specify the boot method, the U-Boot Menudelay value, the boot arguments that you want to boot AmigaOS or Linux with, the Network boot options, device sequence for Amiga Multiboot and the Linux boot options.

U-Boot Preferences Menu with Boot Sequence highlighted

If you press <Enter> a new window showing all of the boot options and arguments will appear. Highlighting an appropriate value and pressing <Enter> will result in one of the following screens:

Editing Boot Method
Pressing <Enter> while the Boot Method value is highlighted will display the following options:

U-Boot Preferences Boot Sequence Boot Method

Use the up/down arrow keys to highlight the appropriate value and press <Enter> to select it. Assuming that you are running AmigaOS (and why wouldn't you?) the normal value is that shown highlighted above. However, if you are not running AmigaOS but only using Linux, then the normal value would be "Linux Boot".

Editing Initial Boot Delay
Pressing <Enter> while the Initial Boot Delay value is highlighted will display the following options:

U-Boot Preferences Boot Sequence Boot Delay

Use the up/down arrow keys to highlight the appropriate value and press <Enter> to select it. The normal value is that shown highlighted above.

Editing Boot Arguments for AmigaOS
Pressing <Enter> while the Boot arguments for AmigaOS value is highlighted will display the following:

U-Boot Preferences Boot Sequence Boot Arguments for AmigaOS

Simply edit the text string as necessary and press <Enter> to accept it. The normal value is that shown above.

Editing Boot Arguments for Linux
Pressing <Enter> while the Boot arguments for Linux value is highlighted will display the following:

U-Boot Preferences Boot Sequence Boot Arguments for Linux

Simply edit the text string as necessary and press <Enter> to accept it. A typical value for a Linux only system is shown above, whereas a multi-boot system would be more likely to have hda3 or hda4. However, this value is only required where Linux is run stand-alone without AmigaOS. On a dual-boot system the arguments for Linux are read from the "/boot/a1boot.conf" file instead.

Editing Network Boot Options

U-Boot Preferences Boot Sequence Network Boot Options

Pressing <Enter> while Network Boot Options is highlighted will display the following options:

U-Boot Preferences Boot Sequence Network Ethernet Address

Editing Network Boot Options - Ethernet Address
Pressing <Enter> while the Ethernet address value is highlighted will display the following:

U-Boot Preferences Boot Sequence Network Ethernet Address

The Ethernet address should be unique to your machine and will already be set to a value similar to that shown above. It should never need to be changed, but the facility does exist to change it if for some reason there is a conflict.

Editing Network Boot Options - Local TCP/IP Address
Pressing <Enter> while the Local TCP/IP Address value is highlighted will display the following:

U-Boot Preferences Boot Sequence Network Local TCP/IP Address

This is a local TCP/IP address that is only used for Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) booting when you want to boot using a network device.

Editing Network Boot Options- Boot Server TCP/IP Address
Pressing <Enter> while the Boot Server TCP/IP Address value is highlighted will display the following:

U-Boot Preferences Boot Sequence Network Boot Server TCP/IP Address

This is a Boot Server TCP/IP address that is only used for Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) booting when you want to boot using a network device. The server must be running a supported networking boot service.

Editing Amiga Multiboot Options
The Amiga Multiboot Options enable you to configure all of the parameters for booting AmigaOS.

U-Boot Preferences Boot Amiga Multiboot Options

Pressing <Enter> while the Amiga Multiboot Options value is highlighted will display the following:

U-Boot Preferences Boot Sequence Amiga Multiboot Options

Editing Boot Device 1
Pressing <Enter> while the Boot Device 1 value is highlighted will display the following:

U-Boot Preferences Amiga Boot Options Boot Device 1

Use the up/down arrow keys to highlight the appropriate value and press <Enter> to select it, or <Esc> to leave it unchanged.

Editing Boot Device 2
Pressing <Enter> while the Boot Device 2 value is highlighted will display the following:

U-Boot Preferences Amiga Boot Options Boot Device 2

Use the up/down arrow keys to highlight the appropriate value and press <Enter> to select it, or <Esc> to leave it unchanged.

Editing Boot Device 3
Pressing <Enter> while the Boot Device 3 value is highlighted will display the following:

U-Boot Preferences Amiga Boot Options Boot Device 3

Use the up/down arrow keys to highlight the appropriate value and press <Enter> to select it, or <Esc> to leave it unchanged.

Editing Configuration
Pressing <Enter> while the Configuration value is highlighted will display the following:

U-Boot Preferences Amiga Boot Options Configuration

Over-type this value if you want to change the configuration name, and press <Enter> to process it, or <Esc> to leave it unchanged.

Editing OS Selection timeout
Pressing <Enter> while the OS Selection timeout value is highlighted will display the following:

U-Boot Preferences Amiga Boot Options OS Selection timeout

Use the up/down arrow keys to highlight the appropriate value and press <Enter> to select it, or <Esc> to leave it unchanged.

Editing Linux Boot Options
The Linux Boot Options enable you to configure all of the parameters for booting Linux.

U-Boot Preferences Boot Sequence Linux Boot Options

Pressing <Enter> while the Linux Boot Options value is highlighted will display the following:

U-Boot Preferences Boot Sequence Linux Boot Device

Editing Linux Boot Device
Pressing <Enter> while the Boot Device value is highlighted will display the following:

U-Boot Preferences Linux Boot Options Boot Device

Over-type this value if you want to change the boot device, and press <Enter> to process it, or <Esc> to leave it unchanged.

The format for this value is dev:part where dev = 0 for Primary Master
1 for Primary Slave
2 for Secondary Master
3 for Secondary Slave and part = 1 for 1st partition
2 for 2nd partition
3 for 3rd partition
4 for 4th partition
etc.

Editing Linux Boot command
Pressing <Enter> while the Boot command value is highlighted will display the following:

U-Boot Preferences Linux Boot Options Boot Command

Use the up/down arrow keys to highlight the appropriate value and press <Enter> to select it, or <Esc> to leave it unchanged.

To return to the U-Boot Preferences Menu press <Esc>.

Disclaimer: Amiga Auckland have prepared the above information for the use of its members based on our experiences and as such is subject to revision at any time. Amiga Auckland cannot guarantee any of the information and cannot be held accountable for any issues that may result from using it.

Copyright � 2005 Amiga Auckland Inc. All rights reserved. Revised: September 25, 2005.

Copyright � 2005 Amiga Auckland Inc. All rights reserved.
Revised: September 25, 2005.