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1The boot: prompt waits for you to type advanced startup options.
2If you don't type anything, the computer continues starting up normally. It
3uses the kernel and configuration files on the startup device, which it also
4uses as the root device.
5
6Advanced startup options use the following syntax:
7
8 [device]<kernel> [arguments]
9
10Example arguments include
11
12 device: rd=<BSD device name> (e.g. rd=disk0s2)
13 rd=*<IODeviceTree path> (e.g. rd=*/PCI0@0/CHN0@0/@0:1)
14
15 kernel: kernel name (e.g. "mach_kernel" - must be in "/" )
16
17 flags: -v (verbose) -s (single user mode),
18 -x (safe mode) -F (ignore boot configuration file)
19
20 "Graphics Mode"="WIDTHxHEIGHTxDEPTH" (e.g. "1024x768x32")
21
22 kernel flags (e.g. debug=0x144)
23 io=0xffffffff (defined in IOKit/IOKitDebug.h)
24
25Example: mach_kernel rd=disk0s1 -v "Graphics Mode"="1920x1200x32"
26
27If the computer won't start up properly, you may be able to start it up
28using safe mode. Type -x to start up in safe mode, which ignores all
29cached driver files.
30
31Special booter hotkeys:
32 F5 Rescans optical drive.
33 F10 Scans and displays all BIOS accessible drives.
34
35Special booter commands:
36 ?memory Displays information about the computer's memory.
37 ?video Displays VESA video modes supported by the computer's BIOS.
38 ?norescan Leaves optical drive rescan mode.
39
40Additional useful command-line options:
41 config=<file> Use an alternate Boot.plist file.
42
43Options useful in the com.apple.Boot.plist file:
44 Wait=Yes|No Prompt for a key press before starting the kernel.
45 "Quiet Boot"=Yes|No Use quiet boot mode (no messages or prompt).
46 Timeout=8 Number of seconds to pause at the boot: prompt.
47 "Instant Menu"=Yes Force displaying the partition selection menu.
48
49 "Default Partition" Sets the default boot partition,
50 =hd(x,y) where 'x' & 'y' are the disk and partition numbers.
51 "Hide Partition" Remove unwanted partition(s) from the boot menu.
52 =hd(x,y) [hd(m,n)] only non mac osx boot partitions can be hidden.
53
54 "Rename Partition" Rename partition(s) for the boot menu.
55 =hd(x,y) <alias> [;hd(m,n) <alias2> ...]
56
57 GUI=No Disable the GUI (enabled by default).
58 "Boot Banner"=Yes|No Show boot banner in GUI mode (enabled by default).
59 "Legacy Logo"=Yes|No Use the legacy grey apple logo (disabled by default).
60
61 PciRoot=<value> Use an alternate value for PciRoot (default value 0).
62
63 GraphicsEnabler=Yes|No Automatic device-properties generation for gfx cards.
64 UseAtiROM=Yes|No Use an alternate Ati ROM image
65 (path: /Extra/<vendorid>_<devid>.rom)
66 UseNvidiaROM=Yes|No Use an alternate Nvidia ROM image
67 (path: /Extra/<vendorid>_<devid>.rom)
68 VBIOS=Yes|No Inject VBIOS to device-properties.
69
70 EthernetBuiltIn=Yes|No Automatic "built-in"=yes device-properties generation
71 for ethernet interfaces.
72
73 USBBusFix=Yes Enable the EHCI and UHCI fixes (disabled by default).
74 USBLegacyOff=Yes Enable the force USB legacy off fix (disabled by default).
75 EHCIacquire=Yes Enable the EHCI fix (disabled by default).
76 UHCIreset=Yes Enable the UHCI fix (disabled by default).
77 ForceHPET=Yes|No Force Enable HPET.
78
79 Wake=No Disable wake up after hibernation (default: enabled).
80 ForceWake=Yes Force using the sleepimage (disabled by default).
81 WakeImage=<file> Use an alternate sleepimage file.
82 (default path is /private/var/vm/sleepimage).
83
84 UpdateACPI=Yes Upgrade automatically ACPI V1 tables to ACPI V4 tables.
85 DropSSDT=Yes Skip the SSDT tables while relocating the ACPI tables.
86 DropHPET=Yes Skip the HPET table while relocating the ACPI tables.
87 DropSLIC=Yes Skip the SLIC table while relocating the ACPI tables.
88 DropSBST=Yes Skip the SBST table while relocating the ACPI tables.
89 DropECDT=Yes Skip the ECDT table while relocating the ACPI tables.
90 DropASFT=Yes Skip the ASF! table while relocating the ACPI tables.
91 DropDMAR=Yes Skip the DMAR table while relocating the ACPI tables.
92 oemDSDT=Yes Use the standard DSDT and ACPI tables.
93 oemSSDT=Yes Use the standard SSDT tables.
94 oemHPET=Yes Use the standard HPET table.
95 oemSBST=Yes Use the standard SBST table.
96 oemECDT=Yes Use the standard ECDT table.
97 oemASFT=Yes Use the standard ASF! table.
98 oemDMAR=Yes Use the standard DMAR table.
99 oemAPIC=Yes Use the standard APIC table.
100 oemMCFG=Yes Use the standard MCFG table.
101 DSDT=<file> Use an alternate DSDT.aml file
102 (default path: /DSDT.aml /Extra/DSDT.aml).
103 SSDT=<file_prefix> Use alternative DSDT-X.aml file prefix
104 (default prefix: /SSDT /Extra/SSDT).
105 HPET=<file> Use an alternate HPET.aml file
106 (default path: /HPET.aml /Extra/HPET.aml).
107 SBST=<file> Use an alternate SBST.aml file
108 (default path: /SBST.aml /Extra/SBST.aml).
109 ECDT=<file> Use an alternate ECDT.aml file
110 (default path: /ECDT.aml /Extra/ECDT.aml).
111 ASFT=<file> Use an alternate ASFT.aml file
112 (default path: /ASFT.aml /Extra/ASFT.aml).
113 DMAR=<file> Use an alternate DMAR.aml file
114 (default path: /DMAR.aml /Extra/DMAR.aml).
115 APIC=<file> Use an alternate APIC.aml file
116 (default path: /APIC.aml /Extra/APIC.aml).
117 MCFG=<file> Use an alternate MCFG.aml file
118 (default path: /MCFG.aml /Extra/MCFG.aml).
119 FADT=<file> Use an alternate FADT.aml file
120 (default path: /FADT.aml /Extra/FADT.aml).
121
122 SMBIOS=<file> Use an alternate smbios.plist file
123 (default path: /smbios.plist /Extra/smbios.plist
124 bt(0,0)/Extra/smbios.plist).
125
126 SMBIOSdefaults=No Don't use the Default values for SMBIOS overriding
127 if smbios.plist doesn't exist, factory
128 values are kept.
129
130 "Scan Single Drive" Scan the drive only where the booter got loaded from.
131 =Yes|No Fix rescan pbs when using a DVD reader in AHCI mode.
132 Rescan=Yes Enable CD-ROM rescan mode.
133 "Rescan Prompt"=Yes Prompts for enable CD-ROM rescan mode.
134 SystemId=<UUID> Set manually the system id UUID,
135 SMUUID in smbios config (reserved field) isn't used.
136 SystemType=<n> Set the system type where n is between 0..6
137 (default =1 (Desktop)
138

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