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The boot menu
Every entry of the USB stick's boot menu, and the firmware's boot keys
Starting from the USB stick
- Plug in the stick and restart the computer.
- Open the firmware's boot menu. The key depends on the maker: usually F12, F10, F9, F11, Esc or Del, pressed right after switching on.
- Choose the USB stick (on UEFI computers, the entry that starts with “UEFI”).
Entries
| Entry | What it does |
|---|---|
| Try Aurora OS | Starts the live desktop in English. Nothing is written to the computer's disks. |
| Install Aurora OS | Starts the live system and opens the installer straight away. |
| Try Aurora OS (safe graphics) | For graphics cards that give a black screen: starts the Aurora Compatibility session with the plainest drawing path (adds aurora.safegraphics nouveau.noaccel=1). |
| Language · Lingua · Sprache · Idioma | A submenu with 20 languages. Each starts the live system in that language with the matching keyboard layout (aurora.lang= and aurora.kbd=). |
| Boot from hard disk | Skips the stick and starts what is installed on the computer. |
| UEFI firmware settings | On UEFI computers: reboots into the firmware setup (to change the boot order or Secure Boot). |
Boot parameters
Press E on an entry to edit its kernel line for one boot (press Ctrl+X or F10 to start). Useful additions:
aurora.lang=it_IT.UTF-8- The live session's language.
aurora.kbd=it- The keyboard layout; several separated by commas (
us,ru), switched with Alt+Shift. aurora.safegraphics- Use the Compatibility session with software drawing.
nomodeset- Disables the kernel's graphics drivers: a last resort for a black screen.
aurora.install- Open the installer after the desktop starts (what “Install Aurora OS” adds).