systemd/man/loader.conf.xml
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<refentry id="loader.conf" conditional='HAVE_GNU_EFI'
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>loader.conf</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>loader.conf</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>loader.conf</refname>
<refpurpose>Configuration file for systemd-boot</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para><filename><replaceable>ESP</replaceable>/loader/loader.conf</filename>,
<filename><replaceable>ESP</replaceable>/loader/entries/*.conf</filename>
<filename><replaceable>XBOOTLDR</replaceable>/loader/entries/*.conf</filename>
</para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-boot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> will
read <filename><replaceable>ESP</replaceable>/loader/loader.conf</filename>, and any files with the
<literal>.conf</literal> extension under
<filename><replaceable>ESP</replaceable>/loader/entries/</filename> on the EFI system partition (ESP),
and <filename><replaceable>XBOOTLDR</replaceable>/loader/entries/</filename> on the extended boot loader
partition (XBOOTLDR) as defined by <ulink url="https://systemd.io/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION">Boot Loader
Specification</ulink>.
</para>
<para>Each of these configuration files must consist of series of newline (i.e. ASCII code 10) separated
lines, each consisting of an option name, followed by whitespace, and the option
value. <literal>#</literal> may be used to start a comment line. Empty and comment lines are ignored. The
files use UTF-8 encoding.</para>
<para>Boolean arguments may be written as
<literal>yes</literal>/<literal>y</literal>/<literal>true</literal>/<literal>t</literal>/<literal>on</literal>/<literal>1</literal> or
<literal>no</literal>/<literal>n</literal>/<literal>false</literal>/<literal>f</literal>/<literal>off</literal>/<literal>0</literal>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<para>The configuration options supported by
<filename><replaceable>ESP</replaceable>/loader/entries/*.conf</filename> and
<filename><replaceable>XBOOTLDR</replaceable>/loader/entries/*.conf</filename> files are defined as part
of the <ulink url="https://systemd.io/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION">Boot Loader
Specification</ulink>.</para>
<para>The following configuration are supported by the <filename>loader.conf</filename> configuration
file:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>default</term>
<listitem><para>A glob pattern to select the default entry. The default entry
may be changed in the boot menu itself, in which case the name of the
selected entry will be stored as an EFI variable, overriding this option.
</para>
<para>If set to <literal>@saved</literal> the chosen entry will be saved as an EFI variable
on every boot and automatically selected the next time the boot loader starts.</para>
<table>
<title>Automatically detected entries will use the following names:</title>
<tgroup cols='2'>
<colspec colname='name' />
<colspec colname='expl' />
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>auto-efi-default</entry>
<entry>EFI Default Loader</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>auto-efi-shell</entry>
<entry>EFI Shell</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>auto-osx</entry>
<entry>macOS</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>auto-reboot-to-firmware-setup</entry>
<entry>Reboot Into Firmware Interface</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>auto-windows</entry>
<entry>Windows Boot Manager</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>timeout</term>
<listitem><para>How long the boot menu should be shown before the default
entry is booted, in seconds. This may be changed in the boot menu itself and
will be stored as an EFI variable in that case, overriding this option.
</para>
<para>If set to <literal>menu-hidden</literal> or <literal>0</literal> no menu
is shown and the default entry will be booted immediately. The menu can be shown
by pressing and holding a key before systemd-boot is launched. Setting this to
<literal>menu-force</literal> disables the timeout while always showing the menu.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>console-mode</term>
<listitem><para>This option configures the resolution of the console. Takes a
number or one of the special values listed below. The following values may be
used:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>0</term>
<listitem>
<para>Standard UEFI 80x25 mode</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>1</term>
<listitem>
<para>80x50 mode, not supported by all devices</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>2</term>
<listitem>
<para>the first non-standard mode provided by the device
firmware, if any</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>auto</term>
<listitem>
<para>Pick a suitable mode automatically using heuristics</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>max</term>
<listitem>
<para>Pick the highest-numbered available mode</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>keep</term>
<listitem>
<para>Keep the mode selected by firmware (the default)</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>editor</term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Enable (the default) or disable the
editor. The editor should be disabled if the machine can be accessed by
unauthorized persons.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>auto-entries</term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Enable (the default) or disable
entries for other boot entries found on the boot partition. In particular,
this may be useful when loader entries are created to show replacement
descriptions for those entries.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>auto-firmware</term>
<listitem><para>A boolean controlling the presence of the "Reboot into firmware" entry
(enabled by default). If this is disabled, the firmware interface may still be reached
by using the <keycap>f</keycap> key.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>beep</term>
<listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. If timeout enabled beep every second, otherwise beep n times when n-th entry in boot menu is selected (default disabled).
Currently, only x86 is supported, where it uses the PC speaker.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>reboot-for-bitlocker</term>
<listitem><para>Caveat: This feature is experimental, and is likely to be changed (or removed in its
current form) in a future version of systemd.</para>
<para>Work around BitLocker requiring a recovery key when the boot loader was
updated (disabled by default).</para>
<para>Try to detect BitLocker encrypted drives along with an active TPM. If both are found
and Windows Boot Manager is selected in the boot menu, set the <literal>BootNext</literal>
EFI variable and restart the system. The firmware will then start Windows Boot Manager
directly, leaving the TPM PCRs in expected states so that Windows can unseal the encryption
key. This allows systemd-boot to be updated without having to provide the recovery key for
BitLocker drive unlocking.</para>
<para>Note that the PCRs that Windows uses can be configured with the
<literal>Configure TPM platform validation profile for native UEFI firmware configurations</literal>
group policy under <literal>Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\BitLocker Drive Encryption</literal>.
When secure boot is enabled, changing this to PCRs <literal>0,2,7,11</literal> should be safe.
The TPM key protector needs to be removed and then added back for the PCRs on an already
encrypted drive to change. If PCR 4 is not measured, this setting can be disabled to speed
up booting into Windows.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>random-seed-mode</term>
<listitem><para>Takes one of <literal>off</literal>, <literal>with-system-token</literal> and
<literal>always</literal>. If <literal>off</literal> no random seed data is read off the ESP, nor
passed to the OS. If <literal>with-system-token</literal> (the default)
<command>systemd-boot</command> will read a random seed from the ESP (from the file
<filename>/loader/random-seed</filename>) only if the <varname>LoaderSystemToken</varname> EFI
variable is set, and then derive the random seed to pass to the OS from the combination. If
<literal>always</literal> the boot loader will do so even if <varname>LoaderSystemToken</varname> is
not set. This mode is useful in environments where protection against OS image reuse is not a
concern, and the random seed shall be used even with no further setup in place. Use <command>bootctl
random-seed</command> to initialize both the random seed file in the ESP and the system token EFI
variable.</para>
<para>See <ulink url="https://systemd.io/RANDOM_SEEDS">Random Seeds</ulink> for further
information.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Example</title>
<programlisting># /boot/efi/loader/loader.conf
timeout 0
default 01234567890abcdef1234567890abdf0-*
editor no
</programlisting>
<para>The menu will not be shown by default (the menu can still be shown by
pressing and holding a key during boot). One of the entries with files with a
name starting with <literal>01234567890abcdef1234567890abdf0-</literal> will be
selected by default. If more than one entry matches, the one with the highest
priority will be selected (generally the one with the highest version number).
The editor will be disabled, so it is not possible to alter the kernel command
line.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-boot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>bootctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>