1. A method of booting an operating system for use with an information handling system, the method comprising the steps of: determining whether a basic input output system (BIOS) option is set to automatic; if the BIOS option is set to automatic: identifying an operating system dependent configuration; determining an operating system type; changing the operating system dependent configuration in a memory of the information handling system in response to the operating system type; and booting the operating system; and otherwise: configuring the operating system dependent configuration to a selected configuration; and booting the operating system.