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This imports https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/BootLoaderInterface/ into our sources, and extends it substantially with various variables now supported.
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155 lines
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<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
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<!--
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SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
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-->
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<refentry id="bootctl" conditional='ENABLE_EFI'
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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<refentryinfo>
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<title>bootctl</title>
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<productname>systemd</productname>
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</refentryinfo>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>bootctl</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>bootctl</refname>
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<refpurpose>Control the firmware and boot manager settings</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>bootctl</command>
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<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
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<arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para><command>bootctl</command> can check the EFI boot loader status, list available boot loaders and boot loader
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entries, and install, update, or remove the
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-boot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> boot loader on the
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current system.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Options</title>
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<para>The following options are understood:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--path=</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Path to the EFI System Partition (ESP). If not specified, <filename>/efi</filename>,
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<filename>/boot</filename>, and <filename>/boot/efi</filename> are checked in turn. It is recommended to mount
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the ESP to <filename>/boot</filename>, if possible.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-p</option></term>
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<term><option>--print-path</option></term>
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<listitem><para>This option modifies the behaviour of <command>status</command>.
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Just print the path to the EFI System Partition (ESP) to standard output and
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exit.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>--no-variables</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Do not touch the firmware's boot loader list stored in EFI variables.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager"/>
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<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help"/>
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<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version"/>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Commands</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>status</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Shows brief information about the system firmware, the boot loader that was used to boot the
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system, the boot loaders currently available in the ESP, the boot loaders listed in the firmware's list of boot
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loaders and the current default boot loader entry. If no command is specified, this is the implied
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default.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>install</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Installs systemd-boot into the EFI system partition. A copy of <command>systemd-boot</command>
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will be stored as the EFI default/fallback loader at
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<filename><replaceable>ESP</replaceable>/EFI/BOOT/BOOT*.EFI</filename>. The boot loader is then added to the
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top of the firmware's boot loader list.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>update</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Updates all installed versions of
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-boot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, if the
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available version is newer than the version installed in the EFI system partition. This also includes the EFI
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default/fallback loader at <filename><replaceable>ESP</replaceable>/EFI/BOOT/BOOT*.EFI</filename>. The boot
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loader is then added to end of the firmware's boot loader list if missing.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>remove</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Removes all installed versions of <command>systemd-boot</command> from the EFI system partition
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and the firmware's boot loader list.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>list</option></term>
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<listitem><para>Shows all available boot loader entries implementing the <ulink
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url="https://systemd.io/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION">Boot Loader
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Specification</ulink>, as well as any other entries discovered or automatically generated by the boot
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loader.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>set-default</option> <replaceable>ID</replaceable></term>
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<term><option>set-oneshot</option> <replaceable>ID</replaceable></term>
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<listitem><para>Sets the default boot loader entry. Takes a single boot loader entry ID string as argument. The
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<option>set-oneshot</option> command will set the default entry only for the next boot, the
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<option>set-default</option> will set it persistently for all future boots.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Exit status</title>
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<para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Environment</title>
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<para>If <varname>$SYSTEMD_RELAX_ESP_CHECKS=1</varname> is set the validation checks for the ESP are relaxed, and
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the path specified with <option>--path=</option> may refer to any kind of file system on any kind of
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partition.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>See Also</title>
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<para>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-boot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<ulink url="https://systemd.io/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION">Boot Loader Specification</ulink>,
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<ulink url="https://systemd.io/BOOT_LOADER_INTERFACE">Boot Loader Interface</ulink>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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