Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 04-08-2006 Installation Manual page 95

TIMEOUT time-out
Indicates how long to wait at the boot prompt until booting automatically, in units
of 1/10 second. The time-out is canceled as soon as the user types anything on the
keyboard, assuming the user will complete the command begun. A time-out of zero
disables the time-out completely (this is also the default). The maximum possible
time-out value is 35996 (just less than one hour).
PROMPT flag_val
If flag_val is 0, displays the boot prompt only if
or
Lock Scroll Lock
boot prompt.
F2 filename
F1 filename
..etc...
F9 filename
F10filename
Displays the indicated file on the screen when a function key is pressed at the boot
prompt. This can be used to implement preboot online help (presumably for the
kernel command line options). For backward compatibility with earlier releases,
can be also entered as
F10
to and .
F11 F12
4.3.5 Preparing the Target System for PXE
Boot
Prepare the system's BIOS for PXE boot by including the PXE option in the BIOS boot
order.
WARNING: BIOS Boot Order
Do not place the PXE option ahead of the hard disk boot option in the BIOS.
Otherwise this system would try to reinstall itself every time you boot it.
is set (this is the default). If flag_val is 1, always displays the
. Note that there is currently no way to bind filenames
F0
or is pressed or
Shift Alt
Remote Installation
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