---
name: "petitboot-nc"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "petitboot"
version: "13.05.29.14.00-g4dc604b-1+b7"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/petitboot-nc"
---

# petitboot-nc(8)

Petitboot ncurses bootloader UI

## NAME

**petitboot-nc** – Petitboot ncurses bootloader UI

## SYNOPSIS

**petitboot-nc** \[**-d,** **--start-daemon**\] \[**-h,** **--help**\] \[**-l,** **--log** *log-file*\] \[**-V,** **--version**\]

## DESCRIPTION

petitboot-nc is an ncurses based interface to the Petitboot bootloader.

Petitboot is a Linux kexec based bootloader that supports loading Linux kernel and initrd images from any device that can be mounted by Linux. It can also load images from the network using the HTTP, HTTPS, NFS, SFTP, and TFTP protocols.

## OPTIONS

- **-d,** **--start-daemon**

  Start pb-discover, the petitboot dynamic device discovery daemon, if it has not been started.  This option is mainly useful when running petitboot as a stand-alone application.

- **-h,** **--help**

  Print a help message.

- **-l,** **--log** *log-file*

  Log messages to the file *log-file*. The default log is a file /var/log/petitboot-nc.log.  New messages are appended to an existing log file.

- **-V,** **--version**

  Display the program version number.

## SEE ALSO

[petitboot(8)](/petitboot/8.md), [petitboot-twin(8)](/petitboot-twin/8.md), [pb-discover(8)](/pb-discover/8.md), [pb-event(8)](/pb-event/8.md)

## REPORTING BUGS

Send bug reports to Geoff Levand \<geoff @ infradead.org\>