Changing the default bootstring (DEFBOOTSTR)
To change which program is loaded by default when
you just press <Enter> at the boot prompt,
modify the default bootstring set with the
System Startup Manager
or change the
DEFBOOTSTR
option in /etc/default/boot.
For example, this setting in /etc/default/boot
causes the boot program to load the kernel from a hard disk
by default:
DEFBOOTSTR=hd(40)unix
See
``Using bootstrings''
or
bootstring(HW)
for additional keywords or ``bootstrings''
that you can add to
the boot command line to load special drivers at boot time.
For example, here is the bootstring for a Wangtek cartridge tape:
DEFBOOTSTR=hd(40)unix ct=wangtek(0x338,5,1)
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