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In both *GRUB* and *SYSLINUX*, the keyboard layout of the Boot Menu is set to English (US).
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[[!img english_us_keyboard.png alt=""]]
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Press **Tab** when *SYSLINUX* appears.
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A command line with a list
of boot options appears at the bottom of the screen.
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<a id="grub"></a>
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Using *GRUB*
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This is what *GRUB* looks like:
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<p>If your Boot Loader looks different, refer to our instructions on
modifying the boot options [[using SYSLINUX|boot_options#syslinux]] above.</p>
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To modify the boot options in *GRUB*:
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Press **e** when GRUB appears.
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A new screen appears with more options.
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[[!img grub-with-options.png class="screenshot" alt="GRUB with a list of
options starting with 'setparams Tails'"]]
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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.
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Press **Ctrl+X**, **F10**, or **Fn+F10** to start Tails.
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To use modified boot options automatically when restarting Tails, you can save these changes to your Tails USB stick.
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<p>These modifications are deleted each time you upgrade Tails. ([[!tails_ticket 18268]])</p>
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To do so:
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When starting Tails, [[set up an administration password|doc/first_steps/welcome_screen/administration_password]].
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Open a *Terminal*.
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Execute to following command to allow modifying the content of the Tails partition on the USB stick.
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