Save & Exit Setup Menu; The Uefi Shell; Introduction, Basic Operation; Entering The Uefi Shell - Kontron mITX-BW User Manual

9.2.6. Save & Exit Setup Menu
The Exit Setup menu provides functions for handling changes made to the uEFI BIOS settings and the exiting of the
Setup program.

Table 54: Exit Setup Menu Functions

Function
Save Changes and Exit
Discard Changes and Exit
Save Changes and Reset
Discard Changes and Reset
Save Changes
Discard Changes
Restore Defaults
Save as User Defaults
Restore User Defaults
Boot Override
Reset system with ME disable
Mode

9.3. The uEFI Shell

For a detailed description of the available standard shell scripting refer to the EFI Shell User's Guide. For a detailed
description of the available standard shell commands, refer to the EFI Shell Command Manual. Both documents can
be downloaded from the EFI and Framework Open Source Community homepage (http:/
/sourceforge.net/projects/efi-shell/files/documents/).

9.3.1. Introduction, Basic Operation

The uEFI Shell forms an entry into the uEFI boot order and is the first boot option by default.

9.3.1.1. Entering the uEFI Shell

To enter the uEFI Shell, follow the steps below:
1. Power on the board.
2. Ignore the message: "Press the <DEL> or <ESC> to enter setup".
3. Press the ESC key within 5 seconds after a message such as the one below appears:
EFI Shell version 2.40 [5.11]
Current running mode 1.1.2
Device mapping table
blk0 : Removable HardDisk - Alias hd33b0b0b fs0
Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1D|7)/Usb(1, 0)/Usb(1, 0)/HD(Part1,Sig17731773)
...
Press the ESC key within 5 seconds to skip startup.nsh, and any other key to continue.
The output produced by the device mapping table can vary depending on the board's configuration.
If the ESC key is pressed before the 5-second timeout has elapsed, the shell prompt is shown:
Shell>
Description
Exit the system after saving the changes
Exit system setup without saving changes
Reset the system after saving the changes
Reset system setup without saving changes
Save changes done
Discard changes done
Load standard default values.
Save the changes done so far as User Defaults
Restore the user defaults to all the setup options
List of bootable devices
ME will runs into the temporary disable mode, Ignore if ME Ignition FW
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