en	In both *GRUB* and *SYSLINUX*, the keyboard layout of the Boot Menu is set to English (US).

en	[[!img install/inc/screenshots/syslinux.png class="screenshot" alt="Black screen ('SYSLINUX') with Tails logo and 2 options: 'Tails' and 'Tails (Troubleshooting Mode)'."]]
de	[[!img install/inc/screenshots/syslinux.png link=“no” class=“screenshot” alt=“Schwarzer Bildschirm (‘SYSLINUX’) mit Tails-Logo und 2 Optionen: ‘Tails’ und ‘Tails (Fehlerbehebungsmodus)’.”]]

en	Press **Tab** when *SYSLINUX* appears.

en	A command line with a list of boot options appears at the bottom of the screen.

en	[[!img syslinux-with-options.png class="screenshot" alt="SYSLINUX with a list of options starting with '/live/vmlinuz' at the bottom"]]
de	[[!img syslinux-with-options.png link="no" class="screenshot" alt="SYSLINUX mit einer Liste von Optionen, die mit '/live/vmlinuz' am Ende beginnt"]]

en	Using *GRUB*

en	This is what *GRUB* looks like:

en	If your Boot Loader looks different, refer to our instructions on modifying the boot options [[using SYSLINUX|boot_options#syslinux]] above.

en	To modify the boot options in *GRUB*:

en	Press **e** when GRUB appears.

en	A new screen appears with more options.

en	[[!img grub-with-options.png class="screenshot" alt="GRUB with a list of options starting with 'setparams Tails'"]]

en	To add a boot option, navigate with the arrows of the keyboard to the end of the line that starts with `linux`. Type the boot option that you want to add. The line is most likely wrapped and displayed on several lines but it is a single configuration line.

en	Press **Ctrl+X**, **F10**, or **Fn+F10** to start Tails.

en	Modify the boot options on the USB stick
de	Ändern Sie die Boot-Optionen nach Bedarf.

en	To use modified boot options automatically when restarting Tails, you can save these changes to your Tails USB stick.

en	These modifications are deleted each time you upgrade Tails. ([[!tails_ticket 18268]])

en	To do so:

en	When starting Tails, [[set up an administration password|doc/first_steps/welcome_screen/administration_password]].

en	Open a *Console*.

en	Execute to following command to allow modifying the content of the Tails partition on the USB stick.

en	Execute the following command to edit the configuration of the Boot Loader.

en	If your computer uses *SYSLINUX*:

en	The section `label live` corresponds to the default boot options.

en	The section `label livefailsafe` corresponds to the troubleshooting mode.

en	If your computer uses *GRUB*:

en	The section `menuentry 'Tails 6.11'` corresponds to the default boot options.

en	The section `menuentry 'Tails 6.11 (Troubleshooting Mode)'` corresponds to the troubleshoot mode.

en	Save your changes.

en	Restart to test your changes.