Editing Petitboot configuration options
You can change the default options of Petitboot to automatically boot the default option or to change the amount of time before Petitboot automatically boots the default option.
- To change an existing option, type E (edit)
- To add a boot option, type N (new)
- To display information about the system, type I (information) or select System Information in the window.
- To change to the system configuration, type C (configuration) or select System Configuration in the window.
On the configuration window, you can edit the following options:
- Autoboot
- Don't autoboot
- Select to stop at the Petitboot bootloader window without continuing the boot.
- Autoboot from any disk/network device
- Select to allow Petitboot to automatically boot the default option. Petitboot quickly boots your system without changing any options.
- Only autoboot from a specific disk/network device
- Select to allow Petitboot to automatically boot from a specific disk or network device. Petitboot quickly boots your system without changing any options.
- Timeout
- Sets the length of time, in seconds, before Petitboot automatically boots the default option.
- Network options
- DHCP on all active interfaces
- Automatically assigns IP addresses to each network interface.
- DHCP on a specific interface
- Automatically assigns IP addresses to a selected network interface.
- Use Static IP configuration
- Use this option to manually specify an IPv4 network configuration. If you select this option, you must provide an IP address, netmask, gateway address, and optionally a DNS server address.